{"id":4670,"date":"2009-07-10T12:50:25","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T18:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=4670"},"modified":"2009-07-10T12:50:25","modified_gmt":"2009-07-10T18:50:25","slug":"pope-benedict-issues-new-encyclical-calling-for-sustainable-business-development-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/pope-benedict-issues-new-encyclical-calling-for-sustainable-business-development-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Benedict Issues New Encyclical Calling for Sustainable Business, Development Models"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&amp;gt; Normal   0         false   false   false                             MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 &amp;lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&amp;gt; &amp;lt;![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]&amp;gt;--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2009\/07\/pope-benedict.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4671\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2009\/07\/pope-benedict.jpg\" alt=\"pope benedict XVI\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundancechannel.com\/sunfiltered\/2007\/09\/the-pope-campaigns-to-save-creation\/\">Pope Benedict XVI<\/a> added to his growing reputation as the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/redgreenandblue.org\/2009\/04\/12\/whats-the-green-pope-been-up-to\/\">green Pope<\/a>&#8221; on Tuesday with the release of a new encyclical <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/holy_father\/benedict_xvi\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate_en.html\"><em>Caritas in Veritate<\/em><\/a> (Charity in Truth). A call for sustainable development in the broadest sense, the Pope&#8217;s letter addressed the human and environmental costs of &#8220;business as usual,&#8221; and established &#8220;doing well by doing good&#8221; as the business philosophy most consistent with Church doctrine and Biblical teaching.<\/p>\n<p>[social_buttons]<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Chapter Four of <em>Caritas in Veritate<\/em> addresses environmental issues directly; among the arguments the Pope makes for &#8220;creation care&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong>&#8220;The environment is      God&#8217;s gift to everyone&#8230;&#8221;:<\/strong> Benedict argues for a sustainable      approach to the use of natural resources, claiming that human use of      nature carries &#8220;a responsibility towards the poor, towards future      generations and towards humanity as a whole.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Nature expresses a      design of love and truth&#8221;:<\/strong> In this section, the Pope carefully      lays out a scriptural argument for creation care&#8230; but also make clear that      he&#8217;s in no way presenting a case for &#8220;neo-paganism or a new pantheism&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more about Pope Benedict&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundancechannel.com\/sunfiltered\/2009\/07\/pope-benedict-sustainable-business-development\/\">Caritas in Veritate<\/a><\/em> at the Sundance Channel&#8217;s SUNfiltered blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Benedict XVI added to his growing reputation as the &#8220;green Pope&#8221; on Tuesday with the release of a new encyclical Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth). 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