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Certain Elements Of Today's Ecological Crisis Reveal Its Moral Character. First Among These Is The Indiscriminate Application Of Advances In Science And Technology. Many Recent Discoveries Have Brought Undeniable Benefits To Humanity. Indeed, They Demonstrate The Nobility Of The Human Vocation To Participate Responsibly In God's Creative Action In The World. Unfortunately, It Is Now Clear That The Application Of These Discoveries In The Fields Of Industry And Agriculture Have Produced Harmful Long-term Effects.

There Are Many Examples Of This Mistaken Idea Of Freedom, Such As The Elimination Of Human Life By Legalized Or Generally Accepted Abortion.

Do Not Abandon Yourselves To Despair. We Are The Easter People And Hallelujah Is Our Song.

In The Depths Of The Human Soul... The Desire To Give Meaning To One's Own Life Is Joined By The Fleeting Vision Of Beauty And Of The Mysterious Unity Of Things.

It Is Important For America That The Moral Truths Which Make Freedom Possible Should Be Passed On To Each New Generation. Every Generation Of Americans Needs To Know That Freedom Consists Not In Doing What We Like, But In Having The Right To Do What We Ought. ... Christ Asks Us To Guard The Truth Because, As He Promised Us: "you Will Know The Truth And The Truth Will Make You Free." Depositum Custodi! We Must Guard The Truth That Is The Condition Of Authentic Freedom, The Truth That Allows Freedoms To Be Fulfilled In Goodness. We Must Guard The Deposit Of Divine Truth Handed Down To Us.