French Bishops Urge ‘Integral Ecology’ in Response to Climate Change

Catholic Philly ^ | 4/11/22 | Jonathon Luxmoore

[marshmallow]

OXFORD, England (CNS) — France’s Catholic bishops have stepped up calls for an “integral ecology” to protect the environment while also warning citizens not to “expect a savior or messiah” after the first round of presidential elections April 10.

“Our Western societies are aware their remarkable development has taken place at the cost of other world regions — that their race forward in growth has been possible only by polluting or destroying other spaces,” Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort of Reims, France, president of the French bishops’ conference, said April 8 at the close of the bishops’ plenary meeting in Lourdes.

“We must dare to denounce the structures of sin, and proclaim that other ways of human living are possible. … We are not condemned to behave like predators, sowing death and desolation on the earth,” the archbishop said.

His appeal came as French voters prepared for the first round of the president election April 10, in which President Emmanuel Macron faces a strong challenge from far-right leader Marine Le Pen.

Archbishop Moulins-Beaufort said a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released April 4 highlights the need for “drastic change in modes of consumption, production, transport and heating.”

Saying France was “especially privileged” in having an “easy and fruitful” climate, Archbishop Moulins-Beaufort cautioned that the country also was home to youngsters “living in anxiety about tomorrow,” and to “people and families anguished by increasing costs” who faced hardship feeding themselves.

The country’s bishops would continue “working for an integral ecology,” Archbishop Moulins-Beaufort said, while monitoring the “collective progress” achieved by other Catholic dioceses and parishes.

[G Larry]

Dear French Bishops, Try studying a bit of real SCIENCE before buying into this Marxist, Population Control HOAX, and then conflating it with some vague Biblical responsibility.

[hinckley buzzard]

No idea what is special about “integral ecology” but I’m pretty sure it bodes ill for the common man.

[Restless]

Romans 1:25 warns us about these types of people:
“They traded God’s truth for a lie, and they worshipped and served the creation instead of the Creator, who is blessed forever.”

[BenLurkin]

“Our Western societies are aware their remarkable development has taken place at the cost of other world regions — that their race forward in growth has been possible only by polluting or destroying other spaces,”

http://www.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/bull.wav

[TigersEye]

Archbishop Moulins-Beaufort cautioned that the country also was home to youngsters “living in anxiety about tomorrow,”

Thanks to clueless fear mongers like you, Archbishop.