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World Day of Peace Bulletin Insert, January 1, 2010
World Day of Peace Bulletin Insert, January 1, 2010
To Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation
Pope Benedict XVI’s 2010 Message for the World Day of Peace, “If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation,” is the latest in a long tradition of Church teaching on our obligation to care for creation. Quoting Pope John Paul II and Pope Paul VI throughout his message, the Holy Father affirms that environmental degradation is “a wide-ranging social problem which concerns the entire human family” (# 3). Some themes and excerpts from this statement are provided below. The full text of the message can be found at:
https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/messages/peace.index.html