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Professionals in Science,
Environment, Government, and Business
At the end of the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops’ statement on the environment,
“Renewing the Earth,” the bishops
invite persons with a variety of professional
roles to participate in “a continuing
effort to understand and act on the moral and
ethical dimensions of the environmental crisis.”
Their invitation includes:
- “We ask scientists, environmentalists,
economists, and other experts to continue to
help us understand the challenges we face and
the steps we need to take. Faith is not a substitute
for facts; the more we know about the problems
we face, the better we can respond...
- “We ask business leaders and representatives
of workers to make the protection of our common
environment a central concern in their activities
and to collaborate for the common good and the
protection of the earth...
- “We ask environmental advocates to
join us in building bridges between the quest
for justice and the pursuit of peace and concern
for the earth. We ask that the poor and vulnerable
at home and abroad be accorded a special and
urgent priority in all efforts to care for our
environment...
- “We urge policy makers and public officials
to focus more directly on the ethical dimensions
of environmental policy and on its relation
to development, to seek the common good, and
to resist short-term pressures in order to meet
our long-term responsibility to future generations.”
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Whether or not you yourself are a member of a
community of faith, it is in this spirit of collaboration
that we invite you to learn more and to participate
in strengthening environmental awareness and action
in and by religious communities at all levels.
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