Pope supports ecological battle of Patriarch Bartholomew

Even ecology helps bring members of the Catholic and the Orthodox Churches closer together.

The pope supports the Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew Is, fight to save the environment. He sent him a letter where he says that the credibility of Christians also depends on their responsibility to care for the creation.

Welcome, your Holiness, and welcome in the name of our Holy Father.

The patriarch responded to the letter with this applause.

With his letter the pope made his presence known at a congress organized by the patriarch on the banks of the Mississippi. Theologians, scientists, politicians and representatives from NGOs all met in one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.


Bartholomew I
Patriarca de Constantinopla
"We return so that we might bear witness to the hope that is in you, the hope you have manifested through the rebuilding your lives and your community. And we are present with you to call for a renewed consciousness for environmental responsibility, and an awareness of what such a consciousness entails."

The patriarch went on to say that progress was not enough to stop natures fury, and he regretted that the progress being made in other areas was slow to adhere to the wisdom that should lead man to care for his planet.

TIME magazine placed Bartholomew one the list of the 100 most influential people on the planet and gave him the title of The Green Patriarch.

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[frolickfriendster]

yay the green patriarch! God bless his humble servant Bartholomew!

[zloura011]

I agree with chaunceybill

you can only have unity in Truth, not on distortion

[Serbogreek1389]

IC XC NI KA! Oh God Pnatokrator save us of this Heretiks! Only the Orthodox church are the true church!!

[CaballeroCatalan]

@CrankyCrone

Did you take your ritalin?

[artregeous]

look at two servants kissing each other

aint crusaders first looted the constantinopolis and dig the grave of saint andrew and carry his bones to marabella and scothland for divine rights of kings.sad to see stolen status of guardianship of word between two while one own the wolrd other doesnt have a dime in his pocket but true word not 1600kingjames ordered translation .i hope patriarch standagainst worldreligion and shows the salvation against all say jesus is not the only wayas popes

[deltadeltakilo]

Amen

[CrankyCrone]

Good Grief! Old men in dresses with matching hats! When will the followers of this delusional old boys club end. I'm absolutely disgusted by it all! If I offend you, good!

[chaunceybill]

St. Mark of Ephesus about Roman Catholics -15th century:

- "It is impossible to recall peace without dissolving the cause of the schism—the primacy of the Pope exalting himself equal to God."

- "The Latins are not only schismatics but heretics... we did not separate from them for any other reason other than the fact that they are heretics. This is precisely why we must not unite with them unless they dismiss the addition from the Creed filioque and confess the Creed as we do."

[steam0001]

should be wouldn't

[steam0001]

So if Time was to sing my praises I would stop and ask my self 'what the heck am I doing!'