Posted on 03/30/2015 9:48:30 AM PDT by Gamecock
Full Title: Pope Francis Says Protecting the Environment Is 'Ultimate Pro-Life, Pro-Poor, Pro-Family' Issue That Bible Calls Christians to Engage In
Pope Francis is set to release an encyclical letter which calls the environment the "ultimate pro-life, pro-poor, pro-family" issue that Christians are called to engage in. The Vatican has said that this is not a political statement, but one stemming from biblical teaching.
Catholic News Service reported that Pope Francis is finishing up his encyclical on the environment, set for publication early in the summer, which is set to build on the statements of his predecessors who have urged Christians to focus more on preserving and caring for the environment
Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said that Francis' pro-environment initiative is not part of a political agenda, but based in biblical teachings.
"When Pope Francis says that destroying the environment is a grave sin; when he says that it is not large families that cause poverty but an economic culture that puts money and profit ahead of people; when he says that we cannot save the environment without also addressing the profound injustices in the distribution of the goods of the earth; when he says that this is 'an economy that kills' — he is not making some political comment about the relative merits of capitalism and communism," Cardinal Turkson said about the upcoming encyclical.
"He is rather restating ancient biblical teaching."
Francis said in a speech in the Philippines in January: "We need to see — with the eyes of faith — the beauty of God's saving plan, the link between the natural environment and the dignity of the human person," Francis said in a speech in the Philippines in January.
In December, Francis said at the major U.N. climate change summit in Peru that the consequences of environmental change represent a "serious ethical and moral responsibility." He warned that the time for action is running out, and said that "we can find solutions only if we act together and agree."
Francis urged a collective response that is free from political or economic influences, one that overcomes mistrust and promotes a culture of solidarity and dialogue.
The Vatican leader has also argued that people have an obligation to respect the natural order, comparing the traditional family unit with ecology.
He said back in November that "the crisis of the family has produced a human ecological crisis, for social environments, like natural environments, need protection."
Similarly, Pope Benedict XVI wrote in his 2009 encyclical "Caritas in Veritate" that a lack of respect for the environment is related to a lack of respect for the natural family.
"If there is a lack of respect for the right to life and to a natural death, if human conception, gestation and birth are made artificial, if human embryos are sacrificed to research, the conscience of society ends up losing the concept of human ecology and, along with it, that of environmental ecology," he wrote
The Pope is a total socialist and nut case.
Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said that Francis' pro-environment initiative is not part of a political agenda, but based in biblical teachings.
"Who are we to judge?" PING
The “Green movement” will continur to be used as a tool in POPULATION CONTROL, and every ABORTION AND EUTHENASIA program in the world.
Good intentions are not a factor.
True dat. He is always being aggressively misquoted.
The Church will survive this inept Pope. But my heart is heavy.
uhhhh.....I’m just an average layman from Pennsylucky....but....wouldn’t STOPPING ABORTIONS be the ultimate Pro-Life, Pro-Family issue???
As time goes by, Pope Francis is transitioning into Barack Obama dressed in white. A dysfunctional Argentinian political system has generated a dysfunctional Argentinian Cardinal who has unfortunately been elected Pope by a bunch of dysfunctional Cardinals.
So does this mean now the left is going to oppose it?
Does he really think that God’s creation is that fragile?
Doubt it, useful idiots and all.
So. Tree seeds are equal to human zygotes? Destroying one destroys the other?
I take it the Vatican will give up its gold, art masterpieces and huge, heated buildings. Maybe even the real estate.
Then again, the Vatican can foot the bill for Catho-environ-mental-slam.
Conserving is one thing. Paying through the nose for carbon credits, which $$ lines Gore-bots’ pockets and transfers wealth to Micronesia or some such, is quite another. And to think: China doesn’t even have to make a decision until 2030-what a gig.
If you’re Godless, you won’t have to pay, I guess. The Dems voted Him out of the platform in 2012 3 times, but party bigwigs put Him back in. Tree hugging gods were ecstatic.
By the way, how’s Argentina going to pay for the Pope’s command?
If ,for instance, he says "Destroying people's air, water, and soil resources is wrong" --- he's right. You can't be destroying other peoples' --- or future generations' ---necessities of life. God made this world for everyone, including our children. Creation-care, tending the garden, is one of the first mandates from God in Genesis.
If he says "We have to all reduce our CO2 and stop global warming" (or any other specific policy recommendation supposedly based on the physical sciences) he's simply speaking outside of his competence.
Pope at it again.
Your odds-maker must have gotten into the Guinness.
Quote me “the Pope’s command”, please. A link would help.
He and the President will have so much in common when they meet... I have to wonder if abortion, euthanasia religious rights will even be discussed
reading my mind again?
Without the text of the encyclical, I can’t be complete.
However, look at the text here:
“Francis urged a collective response that is free from political or economic influences, one that overcomes mistrust and promotes a culture of solidarity and dialogue.
The Vatican leader has also argued that people have an obligation to respect the natural order, comparing the traditional family unit with ecology.”
We are obligated, according to this text, to a ‘collective’ response. That means commanded to me. How we achieve this exactly is not (yet) clarified.
That part about "the traditional family" is not going to get raves from the Gaia devotees.
And a general "obligation" to care for creation isn't sourced in Francis, but in Genesis.
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