Care for God's Creation

Latin for “Praised be” and the title of an encyclical written by Pope Francis on caring for humanity’s home, earth

• Laorem Exercens

• Rerum Novarum

• Laudato Si

• Humane Vitae

the action of clearing a wide rang of trees, threatening environmental health.

• dominion

• deforestation

• stewardship

• pollution

 a species at risk of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range

• stewardship

• animal engangerment

• deforestation

• integrity of creation

the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their natural resources

• pollution

• dominion

• deforestation

• ecological footprint

the introduction of harmful materials into the environment

• ecological footprint

• pollution

• integrity of creation

• Laudato Si

a pattern of resource use that serves to meet human needs while also preserving natural resources to meet the needs of future generations

• sustainable development

• animal endangerment

• ecological footprint

• environmental accounting

the careful and responsible management of someone or something that has been entrusted to a person's care. This includes responsibility using and caring for the gifts of creation that God has given us.

• deforestation

• environmental accounting

• pollution

• stewardship

humans using natural resources prudently, moral stewardship and caretaking

• dominion

• ecological footprint

• animal endangerment

• deforestation

the way creation’s many interdependent relationships fit together as a harmonious whole 

• dominion

• sustainable development

• ecological footprint

• integrity of creation

considerations that attempt to include the value of the environment when making economic decisions

• environmental accounting

• pollution

• Laudato Si

• animal endangerment