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Creation to be major theme at WYD in Rio

byCNS
21 April 2013
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Green theme: A Brazilian pilgrim cheers as Pope Benedict XVI announces on August 21 in Madrid that the next World Youth Day will be held in Rio de Janeiro in July 2013. Reflections on safeguarding the environment will be part of the program in Rio de Janeiro Photo: CNS/Susana Vera, Reuters

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Green theme: A Brazilian pilgrim cheers as Pope Benedict XVI announces on August 21 in Madrid that the next World Youth Day will be held in Rio de Janeiro in July 2013. Reflections on safeguarding the environment will be part of the program in Rio de Janeiro Photo: CNS/Susana Vera, Reuters
Green theme: A Brazilian pilgrim cheers as Pope Benedict XVI announces on August 21 in Madrid that the next World Youth Day will be held in Rio de Janeiro in July 2013. Reflections on safeguarding the environment will be part of the program in Rio de Janeiro Photo: CNS/Susana Vera, Reuters

When hundreds of thousands of young Catholics gather with Pope Francis in Rio de Janeiro in July, reflections on safeguarding the environment will be part of the program.

Like earlier editions of World Youth Day, the celebration in Rio de Janeiro will include morning catechetical sessions and afternoon cultural events.

“From the beginning of planning – under Pope Benedict XVI – we thought that a major theme in Brazil, known as ‘the lungs of the world’, would have to be the environment,” said Marcello Bedeschi, president of the John Paul II Foundation for Youth, a Rome-based organisation that assists with World Youth Day planning.

“We did not know that there would be a new pope and that in his first three major addresses, he would speak about safeguarding creation, not in political or ideological terms, but as a Christian obligation,” Mr Bedeschi said.

Italy’s environment minister Corrado Clini has been working with the foundation, the Pontifical Council for the Laity, the Brazilian Government and the Church’s World Youth Day organising team in Rio to promote the reflection of young people on the importance of biodiversity and protecting the environment.

He also is working to encourage co-operation between several Italian and Brazilian companies to reduce the energy and water used at WYD and to recycle as much of the refuse they produce as possible.

At an April 4 news conference at the Vatican, Mr Clini said the fact that the youth gathering would take place one year after the international community gathered for Rio +20 – a United Nations-sponsored conference on sustainable development – is a great opportunity to rally the passion Catholic youths have for protecting the world God created.

As the UN attempts to draft and build consensus around a set of “Sustainable Development Goals” as a follow-up to the conference, “grassroots support and participation is essential”, Mr Clini said.

“World Youth Day is the best context for expanding this vision of global solidarity”, which includes a commitment by industrialised nations to moderate their consumption habits, promote development in poor countries and share with them the knowledge and technology they need to build their economies without threatening the environment.

The Catholic Church can have a big impact on promoting the goals because it has an ability to bring moral teachings – including those about safeguarding creation – into the hearts, minds and daily lives of its faithful, the minister said.

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WYD 2013 is scheduled for July 23-28.

The special reflection on the environment is scheduled for the second day of the gathering.

Mr Clini, his Brazilian counterpart, scientists, theologians, UN officials and members of Catholic groups devoted to safeguarding creation will lead the reflection with young people.

At the end of the gathering, the youths are expected to issue a “manifesto for safeguarding creation”, which will be drafted with assistance from Conventual Franciscan friars from Assisi, Italy.

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