USCCB Resources on Creation & Environmental Justice







WEB SITE:
US CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS Environment / Environmental Justice Program
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/environment/ 



PASTORAL LETTERS and STATEMENTS:

Renewing the Earth: An Invitation to Reflection and Action on Environment in Light of Catholic Social Teaching (1991):

http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/environment/renewing-the-earth.cfm 


Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good (2001):

http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/environment/global-climate-change-a-plea-for-dialogue-prudence-and-the-common-good.cfm


"Partnership for the Future"  [pdf]
A pastoral statement on the environment
by the Roman Catholic Bishops in New Mexico May 11, 1998
U.S. Bishops Call for Moral Focus on Global Climate Change
News Item, February 7, 2007


Why Does The Church Care About Global Climate Change
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops



OTHER WRITINGS:
The Good Life from a Catholic Perspective: The Problem of Consumption  [pdf]
by Msgr Charles Murphy

Ecological Spirituality [pdf]
by Fr Joseph Tetlow 


Our Popes on Caring for Creation

+ Pope Francis's 2015 Encyclical:  Laudato Si' -- On Care for the Common Home

+ Pope Benedict XVI's 2010 World Day of Peace message:  If  You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation

+  Pope John Paul II's 1990 World Day of Peace message: Peace with God the Creator, Peace with All of Creation


For links to more Vatican Messages, see the Catholic Climate Covenant's page:

 Statements and quotes from Pope Francis

 Statements and quotes from Pope Benedict XVI & Saint Pope John Paul II


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More to come!

Resources for Catholics on Climate Change & Creation

CLIMATE CHANGE AND CARE FOR CREATION LINKS

 + Catholic Climate Covenant website
         http://catholicclimatecovenant.org/


+ The Franciscan Action Network:

+ A Position of the Carmelite NGO On Climate Change     
         by Joan Brown OSF,  Catholic Update Series
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