Pope Francis continues to make the environment an important aspect of his messages and homilies. In a recent address to workers he talked about the importance of creation (a) and in the impromptu version which he spoke “from the heart” talked about the culture of waste, a continuous theme which he often relates to the […]
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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 […]
The Contradictions of Nature’s Defense
Pope Benedict is at it again. Recently he spoke to the Roman Curia here, and had much to say on the importance of families. At the root of the crisis of families, he says, is an anthropological crisis, in the denial of the nature of the human being. Here is the central idea related to the environment: […]
Politics and Faith
CNA has a great article summarizing Archbishop Gomez’s call to incorporate faith into politics. The current political climate and the hish stakes for believers concerning freedom of conscience and freedom of religion, only serve to illustrate how important it is to hold a position in “unity of life” in which the faith shapes “how we live […]