Pope Francis proposes adding climate action to core Catholic duties
Source: Reuters
Pope Francis proposes adding climate action to core Catholic duties
Reuters
Thursday 1 September 2016 13.18 BST
Pope Francis has urged Christians to make caring for the environment a core part of their faith as he called for concerted action against ecological degradation and climate change.
“God gave us a bountiful garden, but we have turned it into a polluted wasteland of debris, desolation and filth,” Francis said in a document released to coincide with the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. He proposed adding care for the natural world to the seven “works of mercy” Catholics are meant to perform.
Francis has placed environmental causes at the heart of his papacy, denouncing what he sees as a throwaway consumer culture, financial greed and rampant, market-driven economies.
“Economics and politics, society and culture cannot be dominated by thinking only of the short-term and immediate financial or electoral gains,” he said, suggesting more ambitious action might be needed to curb climate change.
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