Amazon synod document proposes defining ecological sin, divestment from extractive industries
Source: National Catholic Reporter
Amazon synod calls for married priests, pope to reopen women deacons commission
Final document proposes defining ecological sin, divestment from extractive industries as steps to address region’s environmental crises
Oct 26, 2019
by Joshua J. McElwee, Brian Roewe Environment Vatican
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In the final document, released shortly after the pope's remarks Oct. 26, the bishops put forth a series of proposals to address both the rainforest and its people, including defining ecological sin and calling for the church across the Amazon to divest its finances from extractive industries that harm the planet.
The proposals are part of a 33-page text that was the fruit of intense discussion among the prelates and 80 lay auditors at the synod gathering, and an extraordinary level of outside attention and criticism during the monthlong process.
Setting forth the proposed definition of "ecological sin," the synod participants describe it in the original Spanish text as “an action or omission against God, against others, the community and the environment."
"It is a sin against future generations and manifests itself in acts and habits of pollution and destruction of the environmental harmony, transgressions against the principles of interdependence and the breaking of solidarity networks among creatures and against the virtue of justice," they state.
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