Photo: Markus Spiske The Faithful are called by both faith and science to take the climate crisis seriously, Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell has said in a new pastoral letter issued on the climate crisis.
Our lifestyles and economies that support them are contributing to climate change, Archbishop Farrell warned.
“God now calls us, individually and collectively, to work for the good of the planet and the good of all,” he said.
“Healthy” faith takes on board what creation tells us through the sciences, Archbishop Farrell said, continuing that faith and science go “hand-in-hand”.
“God reveals himself through the world,” Archbishop Farrell wrote, and so when “scientists have issued a ‘code red’”, it’s not just for the environment, but for humanity itself.
He encouraged the Faithful to sign the Healthy Planet—Healthy People petition, endorsed by the Holy See, and to engage with the Laudato Sì Prize, an initiative of the Archdiocese of Dublin, as potential ways to act on climate change.