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Authentic Development It is not only a question of raising all people to the level currently enjoyed by the richest countries, but rather of building up a more decent life through united labor, of concretely enhancing every individual’s dignity and creativity, as well as his capacity to respond to his personal vocation, and thus to God’s call. The apex of development is the exercise of the right and duty to seek God, to know him and to live in accordance with that knowledge.... (no. 29) >> This is an excertp <<< It is not wrong to want to live better;...

WASHINGTON - Seeking to bolster its credentials on global warming, the United States signed an agreement Tuesday with 13 other nations that calls for investing up to $53 million in companies that will profitably control emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas. Emissions of methane, mainly from landfills, are ranked second behind carbon dioxide emissions among industrial gases scientists blame for warming the earth's climate. "Today we're planting a seed," Mike Leavitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (news - web sites), told representatives of the countries at a ceremony co-sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute and the National Mining Association....