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In new encyclical, pope calls for sharing earth's resources equitably
08-07-2009
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI dedicated a portion of his new social encyclical, "Caritas in Veritate" ("Charity in Truth"), to the urgent duty to share the earth's resources equitably and safeguard the environment for future generations. He criticized states, organizations and companies that hoard nonrenewable fossil fuels.
Not only does the stockpiling of natural resources hinder the development of poorer nations, but it "gives rise to exploitation and frequent conflicts between and within nations," he said.
"The international community has an urgent duty to find institutional means of regulating the exploitation of nonrenewable resources, involving poor countries in the process, in order to plan together for the future," he said.
Energy resources must be redistributed justly around the world, not left to "whoever is first to claim the spoils, or whoever is able to prevail over the rest," he said.
By achieving greater energy efficiency, using alternate forms of energy, and cutting fossil fuel use, industrialized countries should be able to free up enough energy resources for poorer nations to use toward development, he said.
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