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Religious groups step up environmental commitment
Leaders in the Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist Church—two of the most widely practiced denominations in the United States—have recently made statements that raise the importance of environmental issues with respect to their particular religious practices. On Monday, a number of Southern Baptist leaders signed a declaration saying, in part, that the church has not spoken out strongly enough on environmental issues and that their “cautious response to these issues in the face of mounting evidence may be seen by the world as uncaring, reckless, and ill-informed. We can do better.” Meanwhile, at the Vatican, Archbishop Gianfranco Girotti named seven modern mortal sins, updating the Church’s list of the most dire moral failings. Environmental pollution was listed as one of the new evils, along with genetic manipulation, concerns of social equity, and drug consumption. Girotti also mentioned that, “While sin used to concern mostly the individual, today it has mainly a social resonance, due to the phenomenon of globalization.”
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