Articles on this issue "environment"

Holy See Appeals to U.N. for an "Ecological Conversion"

Prelate Addresses Panel on Sustainable Development

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The Holy See stated at the United Nations that an "ecological conversion" is necessary so that sustainable development can take place. The statement was delivered Wednesday afternoon by …

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New Zealand Bishops on the Environment

"Our World Is Facing an Ecological Crisis"

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Here is the Statement on Environmental Issues released Friday by the bishops' conference of New Zealand. * * * "The external deserts in the world are growing, because the internal deserts have …

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Holy See's U.N. Address on Human Ecology

"Too Little Effort Has Been Made to Safeguard Moral Conditions"

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Here is the text of an address delivered by Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations, during a session of the U.N. Economic and Social Council's …

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Holy See Backs a "Human Ecology"

Archbishop Migliore Addresses U.N. Commission

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Good environmental policies are by extension good people policies too, said the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations as he advocated a "human ecology." Archbishop Celestino …

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Avoiding the Demographic Decline

Interview With Journalist Riccardo Cascioli

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To counteract the demographic decline in many developed countries, a cultural change, rather than an economic incentive, is needed to promote family and procreation, says Riccardo Cascioli. In …

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A Christian View of Man and Nature

Ten Commandments for the Environment

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Mankind is called to exercise a responsible stewardship over creation. This was the appeal made by Legionary Father Paolo Scarafoni when he opened a congress on the theme \"Ethics and the …

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A Christian View of Man and Nature

Ten Commandments for the Environment

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Mankind is called to exercise a responsible stewardship over creation. This was the appeal made by Legionary Father Paolo Scarafoni when he opened a congress on the theme \"Ethics and the …

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Why Pro-life Groups Were Excluded From U.N. Meeting

Riccardo Cascioli, President of CESPAS, Explains

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Nongovernmental organizations favoring life and the family were excluded from the hearing held recently at the United Nations in New York, on the occasion of the five-yearly review of the …

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Divinization of Nature as Ecological Sin

A Professor Outlines Traditions of Christian Thought on the Environment

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Contemporary radical ecology has divinized nature and relegated human beings to a secondary role, participants at a symposium on original sin were told. "The sin in contemporary radical …

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Neither Tyrant Nor Tree-Hugger

A Christian Vision of the Environment

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The new Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church dedicates an entire chapter to environmental issues, in recognition of the subject's increasing importance. The opening numbers urge …

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Neither Tyrant Nor Tree-Hugger

A Christian Vision of the Environment

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The new Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church dedicates an entire chapter to environmental issues, in recognition of the subject's increasing importance. The opening numbers urge …

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Getting to the Root of Poverty and AIDS

Interview With Riccardo Cascioli

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Hunger remains an enormous problem worldwide, says the annual report of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. The new FAO report, entitled "State of Food Insecurity in the World," states …

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Ecological Problem Linked to an Anthropological Error

Bishop Crepaldi Explains the Church's View

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When man disposes arbitrarily of nature and forgets his role of collaborator with God in creation, he falls into an error that leads to an ecological disaster, says a Vatican official. Bishop …

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Ignoring Signs of a Demographic Winter

Journalist Warns of Bias in U.N. Population Fund Report

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A United Nations Population Fund report, published a decade after the 1994 Cairo conference on population and development, is "totally ideological," warns an expert on demographic issues. …

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Hoping That "Ecological Conflicts" Don't Become Religious

Conclusion of Consultation by Episcopates

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Action and intense dialogue are needed so that ecological conflicts are not transferred to the religious plane, said delegates at an episcopal-conference event. On the environment question, …

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