Pope Francis launches academic program for ecological conversion

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1. Ty, this sounds interesting, and promising...

Since formal religion is still a part of many people's lives this is a good way to add a more ecological balanced POV within the Church's functioning.

I left my religion (Ukrainian Catholic) a looong time ago, thought I might become Christian but didn't, almost became agnostic, basically have called myself Spiritual with some Animistic, and a touch of Wiccan outlook for a long time.

As a feminist I rejected the "women can't be priests" attitude looong ago. The first time I saw Women Ministers at a (seriousy ecumenical) St John the Divine Cathedral's Blessing of the Animals Mass my jaw dropped. A thrill practically ran through me.

I seriously believe in the Separation of Church, and State - no theocratic state of any religion for me!

I also really appreciate seriously Ecumenical
people, and easy-going aetheists.

LAS14 -
you might be interested in looking up -
Mathew Fox who was a Dominican Catholic Priest who practiced Creation Spirituality and concentrated on Original Blessings vs Original Sin was eventually kicked out of the order by Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI), he eventually became an Episcopalian priest. He's written a lot of books, and teaches.