Cardinal McElroy: Laudato si’ is an ‘important pillar’ for Catholic universities
January 26, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: In a recent lecture, Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego said that the 2015 papal encyclical Laudato si’ “constitutes an important pillar for identity and mission for the Catholic university in our day.”
“Laudato si’ is a call to see the interconnectedness in all of creation, and to see in the universe the magnificent act of a loving God,” he said. “It is a call to understand that objective truth is under assault in debates on climate change.”
Laudato si’ unites the moral imperative to save our planet with the moral imperative to protect the poor and the marginalized at all times,” he continued. “It points to the searing ethical issues regarding technology that our society ignores at its peril. Finally, Laudato si’ calls us to integrate in our society a truly intergenerational ethic, which can guide us through many of the most divisive issues we face as a nation.”
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Posted by: Randal Mandock -
Jan. 26, 2024 5:03 PM ET USA
This is why Catholic universities are following the madness of secular universities: some Catholic prelates are either out of their minds or have a political agenda.
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Posted by: feedback -
Jan. 26, 2024 9:28 AM ET USA
Card. McElroy in 2024: "moral imperative to protect the poor and the marginalized at all times." The same McElroy in 2019: "It is not Catholic teaching that abortion is the preeminent issue that we face." (catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=44088)An honest discourse whether "objective truth is under assault in debates on climate change" is neither religious nor political issue before an unbiased scientific consensus in these matters is reached. An encyclical is not good enough.
