Posted on 05/24/2022 3:44:14 PM PDT by ebb tide
Pope Francis on Saturday praised participants in an international conference on protecting biodiversity, saying their commitment “strengthens the urgent and responsible dialogue on the future of the planet.”
The Holy Father said the theme of the conference – “Nature in Mind: A New Culture of Nature for the Protection of Biodiversity” – calls to mind the wonder of St Bonaventure, who “invites us to discover the Transcendent through the beauty of nature.”
The Pope went on to say that as we can see God in nature, so human beings are able to find fulfilment “by overcoming selfishness and enjoying a shared beauty.”
“This dynamic bond between the Creator, the human creature, and other creatures is an alliance that cannot be broken without irremediable damage.”
In our age, he continued, “we do not need titanic heroism, but a meek and patient brotherhood among ourselves and with creation.”
This requires us “to identify new pedagogical paradigms” that can lead aimed at creating a dialogue between different kinds of knowledge and at “contributing to building the culture of care.”
“The culture of care is a culture of harmony, of preserving harmony, and not a culture of details that disrupt harmony.”
Such a culture, the Pope said, is linked to an inclusive education based on “the pillars of integral ecology.”
Pope Francis insisted, “It is necessary to be creatively open to new, more integrated, shared itineraries, directly connected to people and their context,” in order to promote a truly sustainable development.”
Here, too, he repeated, these efforts must be supported by education that emphasizes care for creation:
“We are all called to build the ‘global village of care’, to form a network of human relationships that reject all forms of discrimination, violence, and prevarication,” the Pope said, adding, “In this 'village' of ours, education becomes a bearer of fraternity and a generator of peace between peoples as well as dialogue between religions.”
Pope Francis concluded his remarks by voicing his appreciation for the “daily commitment” of those who are taking part in the conference and encouraging them to continue in that commitment “with courage.”
Barf Alert Ping
“My kingdom is not of this world”.
Remember that one?
Word Salad. It’s the New Normal.
Who writes this crap? Probably the same people who fill up Xiden’s teleprompter.
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it,
and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,
and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:28
Drill baby, drill.
Karl Marx is NOT our Brother, Father.
Lol!
Has this Marxist douche ever read the Bible? Does he know anything about Catholic dogma? Because he sure as hell never talks about it. WEF dogma? Sure.
Wells should have written what all the Pope said and not paraphrasing some of what the Pope said. He interjected himself into the speech IMO. Anyway, the Pope is virtue signaling about “nature” instead of praising God.
Worships the creation and despises the Creator?
The language sounds like that of Laudato Si’ — the soi-disant environmental encyclical.
We should have a “relationship” with nature, the vertical and horizontal relationships, with God and fellow man, are now insufficient.
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