"We must learn to use water with moderation and without waste." It 's the fifth call of a "campaign" special - all facing the water - which joined the Diocese of Pistoia on the recommendation of Bishop Smith and by two of his pastoral office.
It's called " A campaign for the Easter season " and is promoted by the network inter-diocesan " New lifestyles" with the accession of a dozen Italian dioceses. For several days - and explain Marcello Suppressa Selma Ferral, director of the diocesan offices for Caritas and the Social Pastoral - joined, first in Italy, also the Diocese of Pistoia.
The "manifesto" is composed of eleven points and is divided into four chapters. The first (" Water: Gift of God and the common good ") has a more pastoral, remembering how the water is "one of the great gifts of Creation, by which God gives life to all creatures." Returning to the Compendium of Social Doctrine of the Church, the manifesto states that "access to water is a universal inalienable right" to be added that the campaign for water is "a Christian proposal above all political and ideological, an invitation to adopt lifestyles and behaviors that protect this precious resource policy, ensuring their availability to all. "
The "manifesto" is composed of eleven points and is divided into four chapters. The first (" Water: Gift of God and the common good ") has a more pastoral, remembering how the water is "one of the great gifts of Creation, by which God gives life to all creatures." Returning to the Compendium of Social Doctrine of the Church, the manifesto states that "access to water is a universal inalienable right" to be added that the campaign for water is "a Christian proposal above all political and ideological, an invitation to adopt lifestyles and behaviors that protect this precious resource policy, ensuring their availability to all. "
In the next chapter ("Lifestyles friends water") there are no concrete proposals to save water: choose, for example, the shower instead of bath, do not leave taps running, prevent losses, be careful in the choice of products, favoring the use of water from the tap and when absolutely necessary to use mineral water, then at least those preferring bottled close to home ("zero kilometer").
It then enters a more "political" stressing that water is "a right to be protected " means the water can not be treated as a mere commodity, the authorities must ensure "quality" and the Water management should be "community-oriented participation of all and not determined by the logic of profit."
And you put your feet even in the narrow view of the forthcoming referendum on water management. The invitation to "participate actively in the debate" ahead of a meeting "which aims to safeguard the water as a common and universal law, not to become a private market or re-privatization ripubblicizzandola but through a form of participatory governance, and water services. "
all "religious" the eleventh and last "commandment" with a call to prayer, and action, in the days of Lent. "We contemplate the water, in personal and communal prayer as a practice, as a sign of life-giving love that God gives each of us and the human family."
It then enters a more "political" stressing that water is "a right to be protected " means the water can not be treated as a mere commodity, the authorities must ensure "quality" and the Water management should be "community-oriented participation of all and not determined by the logic of profit."
And you put your feet even in the narrow view of the forthcoming referendum on water management. The invitation to "participate actively in the debate" ahead of a meeting "which aims to safeguard the water as a common and universal law, not to become a private market or re-privatization ripubblicizzandola but through a form of participatory governance, and water services. "
all "religious" the eleventh and last "commandment" with a call to prayer, and action, in the days of Lent. "We contemplate the water, in personal and communal prayer as a practice, as a sign of life-giving love that God gives each of us and the human family."
A campaign for the Easter season sponsored by the Network interdiocesan New Lifestyles
Water: gift of God and the common good
1) Water is one of the great gifts of creation, through which God gives life to all His creatures. Not surprisingly, most of the religions of humanity sees it as a sign of the presence of mystery and a symbol of purification and rebirth. The same Easter season invites you to experience the light of the Risen Lord, discovering it as a "spring of water welling up to eternal life" (John 4, 14).
2) We ourselves, like so many other living beings, we are made mostly of water and depend on its continuous cycle. The water is so essential to people's lives and access to it is a "universal inalienable right" (Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, n.485; cf. Caritas in Veritate 27).
3) "The principle of the universal destination of goods is of course also applies to water" (Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, n.484), but the enjoyment of this right is precluded to a large number of human human, with a serious problem of justice. A quarter of the population of the planet, in fact, have no access to a minimal amount of clean water, while over 2.5 billion people lack access to basic sanitation, resulting in the spread of serious diseases are endemic.
4) The campaign "Water, a gift of God and the common good," Christian unaproposta above all political and ideological, is an invitation to adopt lifestyles and behaviors that protect this precious common good, ensuring their availability to all. We offer local churches, construction of paths pastoral, suited to its own territory, leading Christians to rediscover the eyes of Francis, who called the water "sister", renewing their practices consistently.
2) We ourselves, like so many other living beings, we are made mostly of water and depend on its continuous cycle. The water is so essential to people's lives and access to it is a "universal inalienable right" (Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, n.485; cf. Caritas in Veritate 27).
3) "The principle of the universal destination of goods is of course also applies to water" (Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, n.484), but the enjoyment of this right is precluded to a large number of human human, with a serious problem of justice. A quarter of the population of the planet, in fact, have no access to a minimal amount of clean water, while over 2.5 billion people lack access to basic sanitation, resulting in the spread of serious diseases are endemic.
4) The campaign "Water, a gift of God and the common good," Christian unaproposta above all political and ideological, is an invitation to adopt lifestyles and behaviors that protect this precious common good, ensuring their availability to all. We offer local churches, construction of paths pastoral, suited to its own territory, leading Christians to rediscover the eyes of Francis, who called the water "sister", renewing their practices consistently.
Lifestyles friends water
5) Water is a precious commodity and its accessibility is limited, we then learn to use it with moderation and without waste. There are many possible practices: choosing a shower instead of bath, not letting the tap running when we brush our teeth or shaving, or even prevent the loss, put the flow reducers on faucets that save water mixing with the ' air.
6) should be careful in the choice of the products we eat and wear, preferring those that require less water for production. Let us remember, for example, that meat production requires lots of water (one kilogram of beef results in an average use of 5,500 liters, while a kilo of chicken meat requires 3,900 liters) and that it takes 10,000 liters of ' water produce a pair of jeans and 2 000 for a cotton T-shirt.
6) should be careful in the choice of the products we eat and wear, preferring those that require less water for production. Let us remember, for example, that meat production requires lots of water (one kilogram of beef results in an average use of 5,500 liters, while a kilo of chicken meat requires 3,900 liters) and that it takes 10,000 liters of ' water produce a pair of jeans and 2 000 for a cotton T-shirt.
7) is important to focus on the use of tap water, which is good, controlled, convenient and cheap. Its environmental impact is also limited because it does not require or plastic shells, or polluting transport. In those situations where it is absolutely necessary to use mineral water, water will prefer at least a kilometer zero (bottled close to home), we will also try to buy large packages and / or glass to reduce waste production.
a right to be protected
8) The possibility using tap water necessarily requires that the quality is guaranteed by the various authorities in charge of them. A detailed supervision of this is part of the practice of protection of creation which are called Christians. 9) "Water, by its very nature, can not be treated as a mere commodity among others and its use must be rational and solidary," The distribution of water has costs, but on it you can not make a profit because the right to its use is based on the dignity of the human person and not on economic logic (Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, n.485). Water is therefore a common good, which requires Community management, focused on participation and not determined by the logic of profit.
10) The right to water must therefore also be guaranteed in law, challenging the laws that reduce it to an economic asset. It will be important, therefore, participate actively in the debate related to the referendum on water management, which aims to safeguard it as a common and universal law, not to become a private commodity or privatized, but ripubblicizzandola through a form of governance and shared services water.
Experience water
11) "And he showed me a river of living water, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and the Lamb. In the middle of the town square, and a side of the river, there is a tree of life with fruit twelve times a year, bearing fruit every month, the leaves of the tree are used to heal the nations. " (Rev. 22: 1-2). Easter is a time of new life, in which we are invited to participate in the Spirit in the life of the new creation. Contemplate the water - in personal and communal prayer, as in practice - as a sign of life-giving love that God offers to each of us and the human family. Manifesto signed by the diocese
Andria - Belluno-Feltre - Bolzano-Bressanone - Brescia - Carpi - Cuneo - Milano - Padova - Pescara - Penne - Reggio Emilia - Termoli-Larino - Trento - Vittorio Veneto - Senigallia - Lanciano, Ortona - Pistoia document received by Marcello Suppressa, Director of Caritas Diocese of Pistoia
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