Pope: Donʼt make poor pay for wasted resources
POPE BENEDICT XVI has said that neither the poor nor future generations should pay the price for waste of resources, and he urged governments to take responsibility for the environment.
The Pope sent a video message the UN summit on climate change in which he said: “The Earth is indeed a precious gift of the Creator who, in designing its intrinsic order, has given us guide lines that assist us as stewards of his creation.” He said that the Church considers protecting the environment to be an issue “intimately linked” with integral human development. The Pontiff added that “the natural environment is given by God to everyone, and so our use of it entails a personal responsibility towards humanity as a whole, particularly towards the poor”.