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Modern Catholic social teaching has been articulated by a variety of Church authorities. The U.S. Catholic Bishops have a terrific overview. That overview is the source of our quotations here, and is a good reference for your pastor, fellow parishioners, or others who might be curious about how Catholic teaching relates to climate change. The U ...
Sep 1, 2011 · Catholic social teaching perspectives. "With generous courage" promise and poignance in the legacies of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI / Connie Lasher, Msgr. Charles Murphy --. Solidarity, subsidiarity, and preference for the poor: extending Catholic social teaching in response to the climate crisis / Jame Schaefer --.
- Jame Schaefer
- 2011
The Catholic Coalition on Climate Change and its campaign for education and action, called the Catholic Climate Covenant, is the primary instrument of the Church’s activism on the climate issue. The coalition, which includes Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services, the Franciscan Action Network and other groups, was launched in 2006 ...
Jul 2, 2020 · Second, “climate change negotiations have centred on consensus-driven welfare-based solutions, approaches that have historically thrived independently of, and in parallel with, the human rights register.” 35 Third, in the 20th century, the threat posed by climate change was understood in terms of future forecasts and the future character of climate forecasts “escapes the ordinary purview ...
Catholic social teaching, which is rooted in Scripture and the tradition of the Church, is an instrument of evangelization 2 and expresses the social doctrine of the Church outlining ethical principles to guide the development of a morally just society. These principles are particularly applicable to the many challenging social, political, economic and ecological questions of our times.
Nov 29, 2020 · ABSTRACT. This book identifies both the consistencies and disparities between Catholic Social Teaching and the United Nation’s (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With Pope Francis’ Laudato si’ encyclical, Catholicism seems to be engaging more than ever with environmental and developmental concerns. However, there remains the ...
May 4, 2019 · It is widely acknowledged that the large-scale and long-term transitions needed to mitigate climate change and to implement policies for sustainable development within planetary boundaries require significant shifts in values and behaviours. Consequently, there is increasing interest in the processes through which major societal transitions for sustainability can occur through peaceful ...
