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Recent Articles If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation WORLD DAY OF PEACE, 1 JANUARY 2010 Global Climate Change: The Catholic Church's Vision and Work to Respond to the Challenge 05.05.09 Buying organic shows solidarity, helps environment 04.23.09 New Catholic Campaign: The Catholic Coalition on Climate Change 04.22.09 The St. Francis Pledge to Care for Creation and the Poor 04.22.09 Catholic Social Principles Towards Water and Sanitation: an interesting collection of Church documents written on the importance of clean water 04.22.09 Pope's Message to Expo on Water: "An Essential and Indispensible Good" 09.12.08 Bishops' Aide: Christians Shouldn't Be Wasteful 09.09.08 Water More Than an Economic Good, Says Pope 07.16.08 The Catholic Coalition on Climate Change The Catholic Coalition on Climate Change was launched in 2006 to help the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Catholic community address these issues. 03.26.08 http://www.catholicsandclimatechange.org Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good Issued June 15, 2001, United States Catholic Conference of Bishops, Inc. 03.26.08 http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/globalclimate.shtml USCCB Letters and Action Alerts related to Climate Change Justice and Health Initiative 03.26.08 http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/ejp/climate/lettersalerts.shtml Water, An Essential Element For Life Archbishop Renato R. Martino, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace
Environmental Theology Library at Spring Hill College This online library from Spring Hill University (a Jesuit institution) lists many links to environment sites on the web. http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/environ.htm Catholic Migrant Farmworkers Network http://www.cmfn.org/index.html The CMFN works to bring the pastoral presence of the Church to thousands of migrant farm workers throughout our country. Though most farm workers continue to adhere to their traditional faith, they often lack the pastoral presence and support of the local church community. Catholic Conservation Center http://conservation.catholic.org/catholic_conservation_center.htm The mission of the Catholic Conservation Center is to promote ecology, environmental justice, and the stewardship of creation in the light of sacred Scripture and living Tradition of the Roman Catholic Church. Our goal is to help bring about the ecological conversion called for by Pope John Paul II. Catholic Relief Services - Giving help to a world of need http://www.catholicrelief.org/ Agriculture Program Overview Catholic Relief Services works through local partner agencies to implement agriculture and environment programs for the poorest farm families and rural communities worldwide. CRS' immediate goal is to improve family well-being through agro-economic development and environmental stewardship. The agency's long-term goal is to strengthen the capacity of local agencies and farm communities to take control of their own development.
The United State Catholic Conference: Environmental Justice USCCB February, 2003 A pastoral letter for U.S. Catholic http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/efeb03.shtml Environmental Justice Program http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/ejp/background.shtml
The Vatican: Holy See: Planet Is Everyone's Responsibility 02.20.07 Holy Father Worried About Planet's Future 09.04.07 Benedict XVI Encourages Ethical Ecology 06.13.07 Pontiff Calls Water an Inalienable Right 04.03.07 Holy See's U.N. Address on Human Ecology. PDF 05.15.06 Sustainable Development a Responsibility, Says Vatican. PDF 05.01.07
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