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"The USCCB is an assembly of the Catholic Church hierarchy who work together to unify, coordinate, promote, and carry on Catholic activities in the United States; to organize and conduct religious, charitable, and social welfare work at home and abroad; to aid in education; and to care for immigrants." [http://www.usccb.org/index.shtml USCCB] | |||
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The USCCB is currently very concerned with the health of children with regard to the environment, as they are some of the major sufferers due to environmental decline. | |||
"Because children may be exposed to environmental hazards at an earlier age than adults, even before they are born, they can develop slowly-progressing, environmentally-triggered diseases such as asthma, childhood cancer, mercury and lead poisoning. For this reason, a coalition of major Catholic religious, health care, social service and policy organizations has joined together to build a Catholic constituency for children’s health and a safe environment." [http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/ejp/case/index.shtml CASE] | |||
Latest revision as of 00:17, 12 May 2006
"The USCCB is an assembly of the Catholic Church hierarchy who work together to unify, coordinate, promote, and carry on Catholic activities in the United States; to organize and conduct religious, charitable, and social welfare work at home and abroad; to aid in education; and to care for immigrants." USCCB
The Environmental Justice Program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops began in 1993, and focuses on scholarship, leadership development, public policy, and special projects. The organization is distinctively Catholic as its "foundation lies in Pope John Paul II's 1990 World Day of Peace message and the United States Catholic bishops' statement in 1991, Renewing the Earth" NCCBUSCC.
The USCCB is currently very concerned with the health of children with regard to the environment, as they are some of the major sufferers due to environmental decline. "Because children may be exposed to environmental hazards at an earlier age than adults, even before they are born, they can develop slowly-progressing, environmentally-triggered diseases such as asthma, childhood cancer, mercury and lead poisoning. For this reason, a coalition of major Catholic religious, health care, social service and policy organizations has joined together to build a Catholic constituency for children’s health and a safe environment." CASE
return to the National Religious Partnership for the Environment
