CWN - The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople has published the text of a recent lecture on creation care and ecological justice.
“We are convinced that we must make the strongest possible call for change and justice at the Climate Conference in Paris next December,” Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said at the Oxford Union on November 4. “This is our ethical and honorable obligation; this is our word of promise and hope to the entire world.”
The Ecumenical Patriarch, who holds a primacy of honor in Eastern Orthodoxy, added:
It is not too late to act, but we cannot afford to wait; we certainly cannot afford not to act. We all agree on the necessity to protect our planet’s natural resources, which are neither limitless nor negotiable. We are all in this together. People of faith must practice what they preach; citizens of the world must clearly voice their opinion; and political leaders must act urgently and decisively.