Family Ecology and Environmental Protection in the Teaching of the Catholic Church Cover Image

Ekologia rodziny i ochrona środowiska w nauczaniu Kościoła Katolickiego
Family Ecology and Environmental Protection in the Teaching of the Catholic Church

Author(s): Mirosław Brzeziński
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Family and social welfare
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: family; environment; family ecology; environmental ecology

Summary/Abstract: Within a lifetime, man creates a natural family environment and should care to protect it. A manifestation of ecological activity in the family is the ability to experience love, to learn respect and live together with other people. The quality of these community relationships and the lifestyle that people experience in the family shape pro-ecological attitudes. Cooperating with the Creator, man cares for the protection of human life. Therefore, he undertakes actions aimed at eliminating degrading and destructive processes, and strives to live in harmony with the natural environment. Man is in fact an inseparable element of the environment, and therefore caring for his survival is most essential to him. Man is also called to rule the earth through work and development, as he tries to become spiritually mature and more responsible, especially towards the weak and needy.

  • Issue Year: 65/2018
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 5-16
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish