Reverence for Life Principle

I came across the following quote from Nobel Laurate Dr. Albert Scweitzer, a Protestant French/German ethicist, doctor and musician who lived from 1875-1965. As in my own will-to-live there is a longing for wider life and pleasure, with dread of annihilation and pain; so is it also in the will-to-live all around me, whether it [...]

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Girotti calls for modernizing list of venial sins

Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti, a high-up Vatican offical, noted in a press conference that sins today are usually more social in nature, due to the interconnectedness in our world.  To that end, he mentioned pollution as one of a few new sins.  The logical leap is to compare pollution with gluttony, which are similar Catholic sins [...]

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The Pope and Sustainability

The new-ish Pope has been sticking his neck out, and his neck is green.  Here’s an excerpt from his letter to the Bali convention on climate change: “The interrelated issues of environmental preservation, economic development and climate change can have competing demands on our priorities and concerns. It is incumbent upon every individual and nation [...]

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