“On this earth there is room for everyone: here the entire human family must find the resources to live with dignity, through the help of nature itself—God’s gift to his children—and through hard work and creativity. At the same time we must recognize our grave duty to hand the earth on to future generations in such a condition that they too can worthily inhabit it and continue to cultivate it.” —Pope Benedict XVI, Charity in Truth (Caritas in Veritate), no. 50
Topics Discussed:
Catholic social justice principle #8, Care for Creation
Creation as home-building, covenant making, and Sabbath keeping
Church documents on caring for creation
Overview:
Minutes 00:12:00 – Solidarity with creation and the poor
Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Creation as home-building, covenant making, and Sabbath keeping
Minutes 24:01-36:00 – Transgressing the land’s Sabbaths causes slavery
Minutes 36:01-48:00 – Church documents on care for the earth: Laudato Si, On the Hundreth Year, Caritas in Veritate
Additional Resources:
More on Care of Creation from the Bible and Church documents
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching
Book, Amazon: Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and USCCB
