A recent symposium at the Vatican hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences aimed at discussing the implications of biodiversity loss and finding ways to promote sustainable development. While Catholic teaching promotes stewardship of the environment, some
A few seconds after midnight a baby emerged from the womb of her mother, drew her first breath, and announced her arrival into the world with a tiny cry. This is Baby Seven Billion. Today, 31 October 2011, is her birthday. This piece appeared in
There really is nothing new under the sun. In a recent Yahoo News article, straightforwardly entitled “Save the Planet: Have Fewer Kids,” human beings are told—again, that we are the cause of all the earth’s woes. Everything would be better, the article declares, if we
Editor’s Note: On April 1, 2009, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United Nations, made a statement concerning the “Contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development
Para leer este boletín en español, haga click aquí. 07 April 2009 — Vol. 11/No. 10 According to Nina Fedoroff, the United States’ Science and Technology Adviser, we should all be very, very afraid. Interviewed on the BBC’s One Planet radio program, Fedoroff came across
Note: The following is excerpted from Steven Mosher’s book, Population Control—Real Costs, Illusory Benefits. The first population bomber of the modern age was, by profession at least, ill-suited to the task. The Rev. Thomas Malthus, Anglican clergyman, predicted in 1798 that there would be standing
02 June 2008 Vol. 10 / No. 22 Starvation Scapegoat: Blaming Population For A Green Problem Although the search for clean, alternative sources of energy is to be commended in and of itself, the environmentalist movement has a history of overreaching. The ethanol story
19 May 2008 Vol. 10 / No. 20 Welcoming Baby 6,666,666,666: PRI Celebrates the Latest Population Milestone According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the world’s 6,666,666,666th person was born on May 10th. The occasion gave rise to the usual calls for more population control
18 June 2007 Vol. 9 / No. 21 The Poisoning of America: China’s Food and Drugs are Unsafe at any Price The news that Chinese toothpaste brands sold in Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Australia contained diethylene glycol, a highly toxic chemical used in engine
A recent symposium at the Vatican hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences aimed at discussing the
A few seconds after midnight a baby emerged from the womb of her mother, drew her first breath, and announced her arrival into the world
There really is nothing new under the sun. In a recent Yahoo News article, straightforwardly entitled “Save the Planet: Have Fewer Kids,” human beings are
Editor’s Note: On April 1, 2009, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United Nations, made a statement concerning the “Contribution of the Programme
Para leer este boletín en español, haga click aquí. 07 April 2009 — Vol. 11/No. 10 According to Nina Fedoroff, the United States’ Science and
Note: The following is excerpted from Steven Mosher’s book, Population Control—Real Costs, Illusory Benefits. The first population bomber of the modern age was, by profession
02 June 2008 Vol. 10 / No. 22 Starvation Scapegoat: Blaming Population For A Green Problem Although the search for clean, alternative sources of
19 May 2008 Vol. 10 / No. 20 Welcoming Baby 6,666,666,666: PRI Celebrates the Latest Population Milestone According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the
18 June 2007 Vol. 9 / No. 21 The Poisoning of America: China’s Food and Drugs are Unsafe at any Price The news that Chinese