Holy Father Puts Environmentalism in Perspective

This post from England's Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child expounds upon an address given by His Holiness today.  He reminded his audience that human welfare is the purpose of environmental concerns as he said, "If we wish to build true peace, how can we separate, or even set at odds, the protection of the environment and the protection of human life, including the life of the unborn? It is in man’s respect for himself that his sense of responsibility for creation is shown. As Saint Thomas Aquinas has taught, man represents all that is most noble in the universe (cf. Summa Theologiae, I, q. 29, a. 3)."  He is obviously pointing to the inherent contradictions of those who espouse "concern for the earth" while blithely advocating for the slaughter of the pinnacle of God's creation.

I've encountered such dichotomy.  Once an animal-rights actvist came to my door to solicit donatons.  I asked him what his position was on abortion.  He replied that the reduction of the human population was "the only chance that other species would have to survive."  After I explained why I would not give one red cent in brief but blunt terms, I closed my door.

Last summer we read how Warren Hern, a late-term abortionist, referred to man as a "malignant eco-tumor" destroying the earth, which he calls the "host organism".  Naturally he's working feverishly to ensure that such destruction doesn't occur (while swelling his pockets with blood money). 

The pantheistic roots of this mental slop are obvious.  At any rate, we are the true stewards of God's creation who worship the Creator and protect His littlest creations.