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Vatican Defines New Sin Against Creation and the Creator
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In Short: The more than 29,000-word text, titled “Caring for Our Common Home: A Responsible and Fraternal Response to the Triune God,” was approved by a majority of members of the commission in a July vote and authorized for
The more than 29,000-word text, titled “Caring for Our Common Home: A Responsible and Fraternal Response to the Triune God,” was approved by a majority of members of the commission in a July vote and authorized for release by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, after being presented to Pope Leo XIV.
Citing United Nations environmental reports, the document catalogs what it calls alarming levels of biodiversity loss, air and water pollution, and the environmental toll of armed conflict, noting that the poorest nations and communities suffer the worst consequences despite bearing the least responsibility for causing them.
“This underscores the profound seriousness of the ‘ecological turning point’ that challenges our conscience today, calling for a conversion that — in order to be fully effective on the cultural, social, economic, and political levels — must first and foremost find expression on the spiritual and religious levels,” he wrote in a commentary on the document published by Vatican News.
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