Posted on 05/08/2007 1:46:47 AM PDT by rogernz
VATICAN CITY, APRIL 30, 2007 (Zenit.org).- A Vatican official warned against idolizing the environment and losing sight of the dignity of the human person, in the wake of a conference on climate change and development.
Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said this Friday, at the end of the dicastery's two-day conference.
It brought together some 80 experts and focused on various aspects of climate change and the development of peoples.
"Nature is for the human person and the human person is for God," Cardinal Martino said. "In considering the problems associated with climate change, one must look to the social doctrine of the Church," which "neither supports the absolutization of nature, nor the reduction of nature to a mere instrument."
"Nature is not an absolute, but a wealth that is placed in the person's responsible and prudent hands," he added.
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I was skeptical, but I’m glad the Vatican weighed in on this.
Pretty much saying avoid the GW as a religion; act on it if necessary. Manage the planet as a man, not as a god.
LOL A real no brainer to be good stewards.
I enjoy my subscribtion to Zenit for the latest Vatican news but this bit of info is just a beaut for a slow news week...all is good.
Al Gore, please pick up the white courtesy phone...
Ah, a voice of common sense!
... and it’s time someone also reminded the liberal-left environmrntal-wackos about that separation of church and state concept that they found a few decades ago in the Constitution ...
Envirolatry.
Thanks for the post!
No “GAIA” need apply!
;-o)
and the surprising thing is that is from Cardinal Martino, the Vatican’s looney lefty
Apparently he’s not so looney that he thinks the poor should starve in order eliminate their “carbon footprint.” Good for him!
he’s soon gonna see the wrath of the econazis...
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