Ecumenical and Interfaith Statements

• Joint Declaration on Articulating a Code of Environmental Ethics -- Pope John Paul II and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, June 10, 2002
• A Common Declaration on the Environment -- The International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee, March 25, 1998

For more statements by Pope John Paul II and other Catholic leaders worldwide, see “The Catholic Church on Environmental Degradation,” Prepared by Heather R. Whittington.

Read a summary of Catholic teachings on creation and the environment in question-and-answer format.

Find more information on Catholic ethical and religious teachings relating to the environment.

See statements and other information on Catholic perspectives on specific areas of environmental concern.