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From: felix rebello <[email protected]>
Dear friends,
In a letter addressed to every person on the planet, Pope
Francis, the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics blames human greed and
self-destructive enthrallment to new technologies and progress for the critical
situation "Our Sister, mother Earth" now finds itself in. "This
sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our
irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her,"
he writes in one of the opening passages of his long-anticipated encyclical on
the environment.
For further reading visit our website –
www.stfrancisxavierpanvel.in, go to GEM
section, click GEM E-NEWSLETTER and read GEM-6/10-SISTER
CRIES.
You will also find
in this issue of GEM other interesting articles like Organic farming can
actually be more profitable than using fertilizers
and pesticides, White-collar executives take up green cause, Thank you Sister
Nirmala, Two Sons Of A Daily-Wage Earner Crack IIT Entrance
Under 500 Rank and so on.
Also visit – www.stfrancisxaveirpanvel.in for
various resource materials including Bible study and various types of contests
for all age groups.
Forward this mail to your contacts.
This will be your small contribution to spread the message of environmental
protection and social consciousness.
Fr Felix
Rebello
