Care for Our Common Home

Care for Creation is a moral issue. Protecting the land, water, and air we share is a religious duty of stewardship and reflects our responsibility to born and unborn children who are most vulnerable to environmental assault. We must answer the question that Pope Francis posed to the world: “What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up? (Laudato Si, #160).

Our conference offers a distinctive call to seriously address global climate change, focusing on the virtue of prudence, the pursuit of the common good, and the impact on the poor, particularly on vulnerable workers and the poorest nations. The United States should contribute to the sustainable development of poorer nations and promote greater justice by sharing the burden of environmental blight, neglect, and recovery. We must address the rising number of migrants who are uprooted from their homeland as a consequence of environmental degradation and climate change. They are not currently recognized as refugees under any existing international convention and are thus not afforded legal protections that ought to be due to them.