Pope John Paul II and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholemew I, spiritual leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian Churches, signed a joint statement, last week, calling upon all their members to work towards a healthy environment.
"We are ... concerned about the negative consequences for humanity and for all creation resulting from the degradation of some basic natural resources such as water, air, and land brought about by an economic and technological progress which does not recognize and take into account its limits," the document said.
"Christians and all other believers have a specific role to play in proclaiming moral values and in educating people in ecological awareness, which is none other than responsibility toward self, toward others, toward creation."
"We are ... concerned about the negative consequences for humanity and for all creation resulting from the degradation of some basic natural resources such as water, air, and land brought about by an economic and technological progress which does not recognize and take into account its limits," the document said.
"Christians and all other believers have a specific role to play in proclaiming moral values and in educating people in ecological awareness, which is none other than responsibility toward self, toward others, toward creation."