Posted on 08/01/2019 5:45:25 PM PDT by marshmallow
‘Our preferential option for the poor pushes us to prioritize the most affected ‘poorest of the poor’ who cry to God for justice.’
Catholic bishops are ringing alarm bells about the future of the country’s environment in a major pastoral letter condemning “the continuing destruction of our common home”.
The statement was released July 16, 2019, by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, calling for “ecological conversion” amid “climate emergency”.
The 9-page document is divided into eight sections, with the first half offering a reflection on the state of the environment, followed by concrete ecological actions.
Following Laudato Si’, the bishops stressed that the cry of the earth is equally urgent as the cry of the poor for social justice.
“Our preferential option for the poor pushes us to prioritize the most affected ‘poorest of the poor’ who cry to God for justice. It is our moral obligation to respond to their suffering,” the CBCP said.
“Given the high rate of poverty in the Philippines, the need to manage the environment is paramount. Poverty and environmental degradation mutually reinforce each other,” it said.
Pope Francis, in his 40,000-word encyclical Laudato Si’, firmly pronounced that climate change is a threat to the world’s poor.
The letter outlines the issues facing the country, among them the irresponsible mining, the building of dams, and the growing dependence on fossil fuel-based energy, such as coal.
Several studies have shown that the Philippines is one of the most vulnerable to climate change.
“We must activate climate action on behalf of the voiceless people and the planet,” the bishops said.
The document is the eighth CBCP pastoral letter on ecology since its “What Is Happening to Our Beautiful Land?” released in 1988, the world’s first.
It was released after their recent plenary assembly in Manila as.......
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Seems they have a much more immediate threat from Islam. Much more.
Catholic Bishops are Socialists ?
George Carlin on climate change, nuff said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0aFPXr4n4
Not all and at one time they actually even followed the bible.
Under this pope, being a socialist is a requirement to have any sort of position of authority.
Just more henchmen of the communist A-hole residing in a Vatican inn. These guys are about as Catholic as Karl Marx.
Thank comrade Frankie for this BS. The Marxist tool thinks my cars air conditioner is a bigger affront to the Lord than killing unborn children
No this post , Flashback 1992: Environmentalism Is a Tool for Socialists
Suck-ups following the lead of the sellout, globalist pope.
Wow. That long, huh?
Socialists have long term strategies and can be patient at times.
they are very dangerous.
There are more pressing problems in the Philippines.
The most existential threat is Islam.
As it is for the rest of the world.
From a country that says unleaded gas is illegal.
you should see the smog...
Pinatubo caused more of a climate change, maybe they need to cork their volcanoes?
The only "warming" they should concern themselves with is that in the hereafter.
Yes, I'm Catholic.
So catholic bishops can be naive scientific nitwits ? Who knew ?
During Prehistoric times CO2 was ten times of what is now and life flourished.
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