It is in this context of injustice for people
and the land that a new injustice has appeared
on Africa's horizon. A land whose people mourn
over the death of their children, a land which
itself groans from disintegration, increasingly
is looked to as the dump of the developed world.
Unwilling to address the justice of profligate
consumption in a needy world, developed nations
continue a pattern of consumption and waste — a pattern which finds them no longer willing locally
to manage and recycle the products of their own
consumption...
The issue of justice in our time is not separable
from that of peace. The issue of peace in our
time is not separable from that of creation’s
integrity. The issue of creation’s integrity
is not separable from that of justice. This is
a growing realization. It is a growing realization
with sweeping consequences.
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