Why do some call him the Green Pope - By Cecilia Calvo

His Holiness Benedict XVI: Why do some call him the Green Pope? By Cecilia Calvo and Dan Misleh WASHINGTON, DC (April 9, 2008): Several important themes are emerging from Pope Benedict’s teaching on the environment: urgency, threats to human life and... More

His Holiness Benedict XVI: Why do some call him the Green Pope? By Cecilia Calvo and Dan Misleh WASHINGTON, DC (April 9, 2008): Several important themes are emerging from Pope Benedict’s teaching on the environment: urgency, threats to human life and dignity, and poverty. Pope Benedict XVI is likely to address care for creation and the urgency of addressing climate change during his journey of hope to the United States. Like Pope John Paul II before him, Pope Benedict calls us to care for creation to demonstrate respect for God the creator. In his first homily as pope, Benedict warned that today “the earth’s treasures no longer serve to build God’s garden for all to live in, but they have been made to serve the powers of exploitation and destruction. ” Pope Benedict is sometimes called the “Green Pope” because of his persistent calls for respect for all of creation. He is not embracing some new cause, but calling Catholics to recover and live out a duty anchored in Scripture, refle Less