tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008786561473377966.post8107495705133810573..comments2023-09-29T07:21:46.692-04:00Comments on Catholic Ecology: Seven things to know about Francis's planned eco-encyclicalWilliam L. Patenaude, M.A., KHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12865378815115556402noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008786561473377966.post-86620333537207512032014-01-25T21:33:57.746-05:002014-01-25T21:33:57.746-05:00In his blog entry on Eureka Street.com.au, “Climat...In his blog entry on Eureka Street.com.au, “Climate Denial Tide is Turning,” dated<br />03 November 2013, Neil Ormerod, Professor of Theology at Australian Catholic University stated:<br /><br />“In the recently published biography, Pope Francis: Untying the Knots, Paul Vallely notes that the Pope is planning a major encyclical on environmental matters. … Pope Francis has asked Leonardo Boff to send him his writings on eco-theology as part of his preparation.”<br /><br />If Ormerod is correct, the Pope will have a powerful theological basis, as well as a well argued basis from the social sciences, and “on the ground” experience to undergird the need to join ecological concerns and concerns of economic poverty with the call of the Gospel to care for the poor and the planet. See Leonardo Boff, Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor, Orbis Books, 1997.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108491108726410331noreply@blogger.com