Environmental Stewardship

(Website under construction. Updated Feb. 8, 2009. Please email Chau T. Phan with suggestions.)

Selected Catholic resources

Statements by recent Popes

Benedict XVI. The family, the human community and the environment. Excerpt from World Day of Peace message, January 1, 2008 "The Human Family, A Community of Peace"

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB): Official Documents

Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good. A Statement of the USCCB, June 15, 2001.

Renewing the Earth: An Invitation to Reflection and Action on Environment in Light of Catholic Social Teaching, A Pastoral Statement of the USCCB, November 14, 1991.

Catholic Conservation Center (unofficial)

To promote ecology, environmental justice, and the stewardship of Creation in light of sacred Scripture and living Tradition of the Roman Catholic Church.

This is a treasuretrove of information. Scroll down the menu to see all its contents, then click on each item. Some items:

Introduction to Catholic Environmental Justice, by Bill Jacobs, ecologist and director of the Catholic Conservation Center
Environmental Justice in the Catechism
Peace with God, Peace with all creation, by Pope John Paul II, January 1, 1990
Declaration on the Environment signed by Pope John Paul II and Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, June 10, 2002

General

National Religious Partnership for the Environment. The National Religious Partnership for the Environment is an association of independent faith groups across a broad spectrum: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Council of Churches U.S.A., the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, and the Evangelical Environmental Network.

Christians for Environmental Stewardship: A Scriptural Call for Environmental Stewardship

Other Christian resources

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