Posted on 06/06/2021 5:53:21 PM PDT by marshmallow
Pope Francis said Friday that environmental degradation is “a clear outcome of economic dysfunction.”
In a June 4 message marking the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the pope underlined the importance of protecting the environment and reforming the global economy.
“The current environmental situation calls us to act now with urgency to become ever more responsible stewards of creation and to restore the nature that we have been damaging and exploiting for too long,” the pope said.
“Otherwise, we risk destroying the very basis on which we depend. We risk floods and hunger and severe consequences for ourselves and for future generations.”
His message was addressed to Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), and Qu Dongyu, director-general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
In the message, delivered via video by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the pope looked ahead to World Environment Day on June 5.
He said that the celebration would have a “special significance” in light of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, which was approved by the UN General Assembly in 2019 and runs from 2021 through 2030, the deadline for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
The pope applauded initiatives to protect the environment around the world.
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Stick to your knitting, Pope. You have ONE JOB to do, help souls get to heaven !!
Clearly communist China has a much cleaner ecosystem...right?
Noted ecosystem scientist Poop Francois weighs in...
“Pope Francis: Ecosystem Degradation ‘a Clear Outcome of Economic Dysfunction’”
Pope Francis: Brain Degradation ‘A Clear outcome of Communistic Tendencies’.
Fixed it.
Says the clown who has never earned an honest yuan in his life.
Boy did I read the last two words wrong.
The solution lies in reinvigorating Judeo-Christian values in the world at large. Greed? Pride? Despoliation? Waste? Materialism? Resentment? Anger? Revenge? Unhealthy competition? Immorality? Ignorance? Lack of work ethic? Lack of honor? Worship of celebrity? All degrade the environment and all have spiritual solutions, not government mandate solutions. Fill the God-sized hole and the environment prospers.
Big hat no sheep.
What’s he an outcome of?
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