"The dramatic threat of ecological breakdown is teaching……" — Pope John Paul II

"The dramatic threat of ecological breakdown is teaching us the extent to which greed and selfishness are contrary to the order of creation. ...A given culture reveals its understanding of life through the choices it makes in production and consumption... a great deal of educational and cultural work is urgently needed, including the education of consumers in the responsible use of their power of choice..."

— Pope John Paul II

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