There is an urgent need for us to move forward in a bold cultural revolution.
“The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth”
“Economic powers continue to justify the current global system where priority tends to be given to speculation and the pursuit of financial gain. As a result, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless before the interests of the deified market, which become the only rule.”
We have to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.
Interdependence obliges us to think of one world with a common plan.
Leaving an inhabitable planet to future generations is, first and foremost, up to us.
What is at stake is our own dignity.
What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?
The world we have received also belongs to who will follow us.
Having a home has much to do with a sense of personal dignity and the growth of families.
For indigenous communities, land is not a commodity, but a gift from God, a sacred space.
We need an integrated approach to combating poverty and protecting nature.
It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly.
The culture of relativism drives one person to take advantage of another, to treat others as mere objects.
Christian thought sees human beings as possessing a particular dignity above other creatures.
Scientific and technological progress cannot be equated with the progress of humanity and history.
By itself the market cannot guarantee integral human development and social inclusion.
We are learning all too slowly the lessons of environmental deterioration.
It is possible that we don’t grasp the gravity of the challenges before us.
Each age tends to have only a meagre awareness of its own limitations.
Never has humanity had such power over itself, yet nothing ensures that it will be used wisely.
For believers, this becomes a question of fidelity to the Creator.
Earth is essentially a shared inheritance, whose fruits are meant to benefit everyone.
We continue to tolerate some considering themselves more worthy than others.
We should be particularly indignant at the enormous inequalities in our midst.
At times more zeal is shown in protecting other species than in defending the equal dignity of human beings.
A fragile world challenges us to devise intelligent ways of directing, developing and limiting our power.
Every creature is the object of the Father’s tenderness, who gives it its place in the world.
“Creation” has a broader meaning than “nature”; it has to do with God’s loving plan.
Each community has the duty to protect the earth and to ensure its fruitfulness for coming generations.
The present world system is certainly unsustainable from a number of points of view.
We need only to take a frank look at the facts to see that our common home is falling into serious disrepair.
Whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenceless before the interests of a deified market.
The alliance between economy and technology ends up sidelining anything unrelated to its immediate interests.
Economic interests easily end up trumping the common good.
There is no room for the globalization of indifference.
Developed countries ought to help pay this debt by limiting their consumption of nonrenewable energy.
To blame population growth, and not an extreme consumerism on the part of some, is one way of refusing to face the issues.
One particularly serious problem is the quality of water available to the poor.
These problems are closely linked to a throwaway culture.
Climate change represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day.
The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all.
“To commit a crime against the natural world is a sin against ourselves and a sin against God.”
The throwaway culture of today calls for a new lifestyle.
There is a value proper to each creature.
There is a need to seek other ways of understanding the economy and progress.
Leaving an inhabitable planet to future generations is, first and foremost, up to us.
What is at stake is our own dignity.
What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?
The world we have received also belongs to who will follow us.
Having a home has much to do with a sense of personal dignity and the growth of families.
For indigenous communities, land is not a commodity, but a gift from God, a sacred space.
We need an integrated approach to combating poverty and protecting nature.
It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly.
The culture of relativism drives one person to take advantage of another, to treat others as mere objects.
Christian thought sees human beings as possessing a particular dignity above other creatures.
Scientific and technological progress cannot be equated with the progress of humanity and history.
By itself the market cannot guarantee integral human development and social inclusion.
We are learning all too slowly the lessons of environmental deterioration.
It is possible that we don’t grasp the gravity of the challenges before us.
Each age tends to have only a meagre awareness of its own limitations.
Never has humanity had such power over itself, yet nothing ensures that it will be used wisely.
For believers, this becomes a question of fidelity to the Creator.
Earth is essentially a shared inheritance, whose fruits are meant to benefit everyone.
We continue to tolerate some considering themselves more worthy than others.
We should be particularly indignant at the enormous inequalities in our midst.
At times more zeal is shown in protecting other species than in defending the equal dignity of human beings.
A fragile world challenges us to devise intelligent ways of directing, developing and limiting our power.
Every creature is the object of the Father’s tenderness, who gives it its place in the world.
“Creation” has a broader meaning than “nature”; it has to do with God’s loving plan.
Each community has the duty to protect the earth and to ensure its fruitfulness for coming generations.
The present world system is certainly unsustainable from a number of points of view.
We need only to take a frank look at the facts to see that our common home is falling into serious disrepair.
Whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenceless before the interests of a deified market.
The alliance between economy and technology ends up sidelining anything unrelated to its immediate interests.
Economic interests easily end up trumping the common good.
There is no room for the globalization of indifference.
Developed countries ought to help pay this debt by limiting their consumption of nonrenewable energy.
To blame population growth, and not an extreme consumerism on the part of some, is one way of refusing to face the issues.
One particularly serious problem is the quality of water available to the poor.
These problems are closely linked to a throwaway culture.
Climate change represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day.
The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all.
“To commit a crime against the natural world is a sin against ourselves and a sin against God.”
The throwaway culture of today calls for a new lifestyle.
There is a value proper to each creature.
There is a need to seek other ways of understanding the economy and progress.
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