said, whoever drinks the water belong to everyone. She must above all ‘...but I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the protect mankind from self-destruction. water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.’” Pope John XXIII, Pacem in Terris (John 4:14) (Peace on earth), para. 64: The public administration must therefore give considerable care and thought to the question of social as well as economic Encyclicals are letters written by the Pope on important topics. progress, and to the development of essential services in keeping with the Pope Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate expansion of the productive system. Such (Charity in truth), para. 27: services include road-building, The right to food, like the right to water, transportation, communications, has an important place within the pursuit housing, medical care, ample of other rights, beginning with the facilities for the practice of religion, and fundamental right to life. It is therefore aids to recreation. The government must necessary to cultivate a public conscience also see to the provision of insurance that considers food and access to water as facilities, to obviate any likelihood of a universal rights of all human beings, citizen's unable to maintain a decent without distinction or discrimination. standard of living in the event of some misfortune, or greatly increased family Pope Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate responsibilities. (Charity in truth), para. 51: Peace in and among peoples would also Pope John Paul II, Solicitudo Rei provide greater protection for nature. The Socialis (The social concerns of the hoarding of resources, especially water, Church), III.14: can generate serious conflicts among the Looking at all the various sectors - the peoples involved. Peaceful agreement production and distribution of foodstuffs, about the use of resources can protect hygiene, health and housing, availability of nature and, at the same time, the drinking working conditions being of the societies concerned. (especially for women), life expectancy and other economic and social indicators - the The Church has a responsibility towards general picture is a disappointing one, both creation and she must assert this considered in itself and in relation to the responsibility in the public sphere. In so corresponding data of the more developed doing, she must defend not only earth, countries. The word "gap" returns water and air as gifts of creation that spontaneously to mind.
said, ‘...but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.’” (John 4:14) Encyclicals are letters written by the Pope on important topics. Pope Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in truth), para. 27: The right to food, like the right to water, has an important place within the pursuit of other rights, beginning with the fundamental right to life. It is therefore necessary to cultivate a public conscience that considers food and access to water as universal rights of all human beings, without distinction or discrimination. Pope Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in truth), para. 51: Peace in and among peoples would also provide greater protection for nature. The hoarding of resources, especially water, can generate serious conflicts among the peoples involved. Peaceful agreement about the use of resources can protect nature and, at the same time, the of the societies concerned. The Church has a responsibility towards creation and she must assert this responsibility in the public sphere. In so doing, she must defend not only earth, water and air as gifts of creation that belong to everyone. She must above all protect mankind from self-destruction. Pope John XXIII, Pacem in Terris (Peace on earth), para. 64: The public administration must therefore give considerable care and thought to the question of social as well as economic progress, and to the development of essential services in keeping with the expansion of the productive system. Such services include road-building, transportation, communications, housing, medical care, ample facilities for the practice of religion, and aids to recreation. The government must also see to the provision of insurance facilities, to obviate any likelihood of a citizen's being unable to maintain a decent standard of living in the event of some misfortune, or greatly increased family responsibilities. Pope John Paul II, Solicitudo Rei Socialis (The social concerns of the Church), III.14: Looking at all the various sectors - the production and distribution of foodstuffs, hygiene, health and housing, availability of drinking working conditions (especially for women), life expectancy and other economic and social indicators - the general picture is a disappointing one, both considered in itself and in relation to the corresponding data of the more developed countries. The word "gap" returns spontaneously to mind.