Pope Francis became the fifth pontiff to deliver remarks before the General Assembly of the United Nations on Friday morning, focusing on issues pertaining to the environment and poverty reduction, proclaiming that a “right of the environment does exist.”
“First, it must be stated that a true ‘right of the environment’ does exist, for two reasons. First, because we human beings are part of the environment,” the pontiff said. “We live in communion with it, since the environment itself entails ethical limits which human activity must acknowledge and respect.”
The pope highlighted his belief that every creature has value in its existence …read more
Source: The Blaze
