Respect For Life And For The Dignity

A Community Needs A Soul If It Is To Become A True Home For Human Beings. You.. The People Must Give It This Soul.

You Are Priests, Not Social Or Political Leaders. Let Us Not Be Under The Illusion That We Are Serving The Gospel Through An Exaggerated Interest In The Wide Field Of Temporal Problems.

In Our Time, In Particular, There Exists Another Form Of Ownership Which Is Becoming No Less Important Than Land: The Possession Of Know-how, Technology And Skill. The Wealth Of The Industrialized Nations Is Based Much More On This Kind Of Ownership Than On Natural Resources.

Do Not Forget That True Love Sets No Conditions; It Does Not Calculate Or Complain, But Simply Loves.

Certain Elements Of Today's Ecological Crisis Reveal Its Moral Character. First Among These Is The Indiscriminate Application Of Advances In Science And Technology. Many Recent Discoveries Have Brought Undeniable Benefits To Humanity. Indeed, They Demonstrate The Nobility Of The Human Vocation To Participate Responsibly In God's Creative Action In The World. Unfortunately, It Is Now Clear That The Application Of These Discoveries In The Fields Of Industry And Agriculture Have Produced Harmful Long-term Effects.