Tag Archives: environmentalism

Ecce vide, pulchra sumus

In rooting around in my things while writing an article for the paper, I found a great quote of Augustine.
For Augustine all created things in the universe, even inanimate things, both give witness to God and give Him glory.
“Respondent tibi … Continue reading

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Green ‘stations’ of the… earth?

Secularists will eventually make environmentalism a key component of their religion.
Do we have to help them? Even as we erode our own Catholic identity?
I read this on the site of the best Catholic weekly in the UK, The Catholic … Continue reading

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Too stupid for words: planting trees instead of going to confession

I am not making this up.  This is from Treehugger.
Really.
Priest in Brazil Replaces Prayer With Tree-Planting
by Stephen Messenger, Porto Alegre, Brazil on 06.22.11
Planting trees may be a great way to help save the environment, but thanks to one Catholic diocese … Continue reading

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