Articles on this issue "water"
Nearly a half million visitors passed through the Holy See's pavilion at the international exposition on "Water and Sustainable Development" that closed this week in Spain. The Expo Zaragoza …
read moreHere is a Vatican translation of the letter Benedict XVI sent to Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, representative of the Holy See to the Day of the Holy See at the international exposition on …
read moreBenedict XVI is calling for solidarity and responsibility in national and international policies on water, saying water is a right and profit should not be the only reason to protect it. There …
read moreThe Holy See will participate in an international expo on "Water and Sustainable Development" with a booth offering a reflection on the divine and human dimensions of water. This was announced …
read moreBenedict XVI joined his voice to those encouraging the protection of creation and respect for the environment. The Pope's appeal came in a telegram signed by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican …
read moreBenedict XVI has called water an "inalienable right" in a message marking the U.N. World Water Day, celebrated each March 22. A message sent on behalf of the Pope by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, …
read moreBenedict XVI expressed his "deep sadness" over the loss of lives and devastation in the Philippines caused by Typhoon Xangsane. In a letter signed Oct. 3 by Vatican secretary of state Cardinal …
read moreEleven million people in the Horn of Africa, particularly in the Ethiopian regions of Somali and Oromiya, are in danger of dying of thirst due to prolonged drought. The voice of alarm came …
read moreHere is the text of an update on the 2003 document "Water, an Essential Element for Life," prepared by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The Holy See presented the text at the 4th …
read moreThe Holy See, insisting that every human being has a right to access to water, presented that challenge as a "key factor for peace and security" in the world. The Holy See affirmed this in a …
read morePatients in a "vegetative state" do not lose their dignity or rights, and withholding food and water from them amounts to euthanasia by omission, says John Paul II. "I feel the duty to affirm …
read moreWater is a "gift of God" and a "right of all," John Paul II said in a message to Brazil's bishops for the 2004 Fraternity Campaign. This national program, which began with Lent, is centered …
read moreFides).- "The rebels have penetrated the city center: innocent civilians are fleeing as mortars and bullets rain everywhere," a missionary doctor at the St. John of God Catholic Hospital in …
read moreAt the 3rd World Water Forum, the Holy See expressed its interest and ethical and religious point of view on water, a key element for the full development of human beings. Archbishop Renato …
read moreHere is the Note of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, presented Saturday in the 3rd World Water Forum in Kyoto, Japan, entitled "Water, An Essential Element for Life." * * * …
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