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    Pope Francis declared to more than 100 world leaders and diplomats at the United Nations in late September 2015 that a "right of the environment" exists and that our species has no authority to abuse it or render it unfit for human habitation. In stressing that urgent action is needed to halt the destruction of God's creation, he made explicit reference to a religious basis for his moral claim. He said the universe is the result of a "loving decision by the creator, who permits man respectfully to use creation for the good of his fellow men and for the glory of the creator: He is not authorized to abuse it, much less destroy it." This statement may overplay both the religious nature of the basis and the destruction. I turn now to parsing the statement in three parts, after which I will supply the basis of the pope’s religious rationale, which is narrower than he suggested in his speech.

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    Pope Francis declared to more than 100 world leaders and diplomats at the United Nations in late September 2015 that a "right of the environment" exists and that our species has no authority to abuse it or render it unfit for human habitation. In stressing that urgent action is needed to halt the destruction of God's creation, he made explicit reference to a religious basis for his moral claim. He said the universe is the result of a "loving decision by the creator, who permits man respectfully to use creation for the good of his fellow men and for the glory of the creator: He is not authorized to abuse it, much less destroy it." This statement may overplay both the religious nature of the basis and the destruction. I turn now to parsing the statement in three parts, after which I will supply the basis of the pope’s religious rationale, which is narrower than he suggested in his speech.

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    Pope Francis declared to more than 100 world leaders and diplomats at the United Nations in late September 2015 that a "right of the environment" exists and that our species has no authority to abuse it or render it unfit for human habitation. In stressing that urgent action is needed to halt the destruction of God's creation, he made explicit reference to a religious basis for his moral claim. He said the universe is the result of a "loving decision by the creator, who permits man respectfully to use creation for the good of his fellow men and for the glory of the creator: He is not authorized to abuse it, much less destroy it." This statement may overplay both the religious nature of the basis and the destruction. I turn now to parsing the statement in three parts, after which I will supply the basis of the pope’s religious rationale, which is narrower than he suggested in his speech.

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    Pope Francis Addresses the U.N.

    : A Religious Rationale for Reducing Carbon


    Emissions
    Pope Francis declared to more than 100 world leaders and diplomats at the United
    Nations in late September 2015 that a "right of the environment" exists and that our
    species has no authority to abuse it or render it unfit for human habitation. 1 In
    stressing that urgent action is needed to halt the destruction of God's creation, he
    made explicit reference to a religious basis for his moral claim. He said the universe
    is the result of a "loving decision by the creator, who permits man respectfully to
    use creation for the good of his fellow men and for the glory of the creator: He is not
    authorized to abuse it, much less destroy it." 2 This statement may overplay both the
    religious nature of the basis and the destruction. I turn now to parsing the
    statement in three parts, after which I will supply the basis of the popes religious
    rationale, which is narrower than he suggested in his speech.
    The complete essay is at Pope Francis at the U.N. on Climate Change.

    1 Nicole Winfield and Jennifer Peltz, Pope Beseeches World Leaders to Protect the
    Environment, Associated Press, September 25, 2015.
    2 Ibid.

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