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ENVIRONMENT

Ecology

The created world is a gift of God and a common good. To be in right relationship with God and with others, including future generations, we need to respect the integrity of creation rather than treating the environment as simply an economic resource to be used for our own interests.

Holy See Promotes Renewable Energy
The Holy See delegation backs renewable energy in this statement to the UN General Assembly.

Church Statements on Copenhagen
Read the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference statement on the climate change conference.
The Pacific Council of Churches media release.
The Pacific Council of Churches comment on the Australian and New Zealand positions.

World Day of Peace Message
Pope Benedict XVI's Message for 1 January 2010 is If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation.

"[Human beings] think that [they] can make arbitrary use of the earth, subjecting it without restraint to [their] will, as though it did not have its own requisites and a prior God-given purpose, which [they] can indeed develop but must not betray."

Pope John Paul II, Centesimus Annus, n 37

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