...yet it's a monumental judgment from... "Mother Earth"?

The "extraordinary" moment of prayer had strong imagery. I'm sure many Catholics were relieved to see the Pope act Catholic. What was good about the event is God's action.

Francis' words don't seem consistent with the Catholic faith. Does God "judge" this?

Francis, "The storm exposes our vulnerability and uncovers those false and superfluous certainties around which we have constructed our daily schedules, our projects, our habits and priorities. It shows us how we have allowed to become dull and feeble the very things that nourish, sustain and strengthen our lives and our communities. The tempest lays bare all our prepackaged ideas and forgetfulness of what nourishes our people’s souls; all those attempts that anesthetize us with ways of thinking and acting that supposedly 'save' us, but instead prove incapable of putting us in touch with our roots and keeping alive the memory of those who have gone before us. We deprive ourselves of the antibodies we need to confront adversity."