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To: JohnM who wrote (271805)	4/29/2015 11:32:23 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540753

Last 3 popes have been climate activists. On January 1, 1990, Pope John Paul II delivered his World Day of Peace message to Catholics around the world, and for that year’s address he lamented a “widespread destruction of the environment.” World peace, he warned, was threatened not only by arms, conflict, and injustice, but by “a lack of due respect for nature.”... Pope John Paul II invigorated activism among Catholics toward environmental justice, and his 1990 message inspired later statements from the Church — some focusing more sharply on climate change. They include a pastoral statement in 1991 by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on environmental protection, “ Renewing the Earth,” and “ Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence and the Common Good.” The bishops’ 2001 statement, aligned with its involvement as a partner in the National Religious Partnership for the Environment, guides Catholics on the climate issue today in the U.S. yaleclimateconnections.org