CAFOD & catholic attitudes towards environment

• In Genesis 1:26 it states "Let us make mankind in our image"
• CAFOD's work


  • Works with all people irrelevant of age, gender, sex, religion or political belief
  • Believes that we are all equal
• CAFOD's work


  • Works to overcome poverty
  • Poverty undermines the belief in human dignity because it highlights differences
• Catholic beliefs about the environment

  • Humans are stewards of creation
  • The world is a gift from God, so we should look after it
  • "Love thy neighbour" - we have the responsibility to share the world's resources with others & to leave it in good condition for future generations
• The world is a gift from God
• How Catholics care for the environment


  Educate others about the environment