Patriarch seeks repentance for environmental damage-CathNews NZ

Patriarch seeks repentance for environmental damage

Friday, August 31st, 2012

The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople has issued an encyclical calling on Christians to repent for environmental damage and abuse of natural resources.

“Biodiversity is the work of divine wisdom and was not granted to humanity for its unruly control,” wrote Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the eve of a new Eastern Orthodox liturgical year, which begins on September 1.

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