Pontifical council plans spring seminar on climate change

Published: 2007-01-30

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace is planning a spring seminar to look at climate change from the point of view of the Catholic Church's social teaching. Officials at the council confirmed the meeting was being planned for late April or early May, although the dates, agenda and participants had not been confirmed as of late January. The council regularly holds seminars, inviting Catholic leaders in specific fields to share their experiences and discuss ways to put church teaching into practice. Among other topics, past seminars have looked at just business practices, the prevention of human trafficking, genetically modified food and educating members of religious orders in the social teaching of the church. Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, told Catholic News Service Jan. 30 that he did not know if the council would invite the academy to co-sponsor the seminar, but he also said the academy has convoked several high-level scientific meetings on climate change and related topics.

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