Pope Francis recently delivered a speech to the FAO, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, following a long tradition. Recently the Pope spoke on the environment and mentioned the scandal of starvation in our day and age. Again he touched on this theme: It is a well-known fact that current levels of production are sufficient, yet millions […]
Tag: agriculture
Remembering Pope Benedict XVI: the ‘Green Pope’
Quite rightly, much is being said about Pope Francis and his ecological reflections. But we should not forget Pope Benedict XVI, and how important his papacy was for advancing and understanding a Catholic environmental doctrine, in full continuity with what Pope Francis is teaching. It is hard to explain the importance of Pope Benedict’s on […]
Does the Local Movement help Farmers?
Trey Malone, who has posted on this blog before here, along with Prof. Whitaker, has an interesting article examining the economic benefits of the ‘local’ food movement. You can read the full article here. Essentially the article shows how the “local food movement” is an urban phenomenon that benefits small farms close to urban and […]
“The Cross, the Book and the Plow”
These words are from Pope Paul VI in his Apostolic Letter “Pacis Nuntius” of 1964, where he proclaimed St. Benedict as the Patron of Europe. Among the great accomplishments of the monastic movement inspired by St. Benedict was an agricultural revolution moved by a deep spiritual renewal. Prayer and work went hand in hand, and human […]
Vatican on Food and Sustainable Development
Recent the Holy See has sent messages through their delegations to the UN on both issues. On the issue of Food Security Archbishop Tomasi emphasized the importance of agriculture. Also he spoke of the right to food being derived directly from the right to life… not mentioned explicitly, but a reminder that a culture that […]