Sunday, May 8, 2016

IN the NEWS - That GREEN Bridge

 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from
him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Galatians 1:6
 
"The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has sent a message to the Buddhists of the world to mark the Feast of Vesakh, which commemorates the his birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha.
This year’s Message was inspired by Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato si’.




As the crisis of climate change is contributed to by human activity, we, Christians and Buddhists, must work together to confront it with an ecological spirituality,” writes  Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the President of the Pontifical Council. The acceleration of global environmental problems has added to the urgency of interreligious cooperation.”
Cardinal Tauran concludes by calling on Catholics and Buddhists to “cooperate together in liberating humanity from the suffering brought about by climate change, and contribute to the care of our common home. VaticanRadio

That GREEN Bridge of the GREEN Religion--uniting religions & the secular. Maybe they ought to join forces to reduce our so-called carbon footprint, set aside a day to let the planet rest as a Sabbath, like maybe Sunday or----wait a minute...hey.....