Hindus laud Archbishop’s call for eco protection

Hindus have praised Orthodox Christian Church, second largest Christian denomination of the world, for taking a strong stand on environment. Hindu leader Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, hailed the statement of Archbishop Bartholomew, Patriarch of Orthodox Christian Church, which described climate change as “a moral and spiritual problem”. They also lauded Bartholomew’s dedication of September 1 “as a day of supplication for the preservation of God’s beautiful creation”; for launching ’Religion, Science and the Environment (RSE) Movement’; for organising RSE symposia and reaching out across different faiths and denominations in the symposia, revealing the wisdom of diverse theological traditions; for striving to establish a stable and innovative alliance between religion and science; and for saying, “Especially disturbing is the fact that the poorest and most vulnerable members of the human race are being affected by environmental problems which they did not create”. Read Article

By C. J. Rajan