1. The violence that exists in the human heart, wounded by sin, is also manifested in the symptoms of the disease that we notice in the soil, in the water, in the air, and in living beings.
2. When an inconsiderate exploitation of nature occurs, the human being runs the risk of destroying it and of being in turn a victim of this degradation.
3. The most extraordinary scientific progress, the most astonishing technical feats, and the most prodigious economic growth, if not accompanied by genuine social and moral progress, ultimately turn against men.
4. The degradation of nature is closely linked to the culture that shapes human coexistence.
5. Man does not create himself. It is spirit and will, but also nature.
6. The crime against nature is a crime against ourselves and a sin against God.
7. We have a call to find the ethical and spiritual roots of environmental problems, which invites us to find solutions not only in technology but in a change the human being because otherwise, we would face only the symptoms.
8. Christians are called to accept the world as a sacrament of communion, as a way of sharing with God and neighbor on a global scale.
9. Concern for nature is inseparable from justice for the poor, commitment to society, and inner peace.
10. We are called to take care of all that exists. We can all collaborate as instruments of God for the care of Creation, each one from his culture, his experience, his initiatives, and his capacities.
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