加纳天主教主教团在 Jamasi 年会种下约30株树苗：以行动呼吁保护环境
加纳天主教主教团本周在阿散蒂地区的 Jamasi 举行年度全体大会，与会主教们在年会期间亲手种下约30株树苗，以这一行动呼吁社会保护环境、爱护受造界。
加纳天主教主教团的年会每年举行一次，全国各教区的主教齐聚，讨论教会牧灵与国家社会议题。把种树纳入今年年会议程，是主教团对环境议题的公开表态：加纳正面临森林砍伐、非法采矿污染河流等问题，教会希望以身作则，带动堂区与社区参与植树和环境保育。
天主教会近年持续强调环境责任，教宗方济各2015年的《愿祢受赞颂》通谕呼吁各国照顾共同家园。加纳主教团表示，各教区将把植树与环境教育带回本地堂区与学校继续推动。
（来源：加纳天主教主教团）
Ghana's Catholic Bishops Plant About 30 Seedlings at Jamasi Assembly in Call to Protect Creation
The Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference held its annual plenary assembly this week in Jamasi, in the Ashanti Region, and during the meeting the bishops planted about 30 tree seedlings themselves, using the act to call on society to protect the environment and care for creation.
The conference's plenary assembly gathers bishops from dioceses across the country each year to discuss pastoral matters and national social issues. Adding tree planting to this year's agenda was a public statement on the environment: Ghana faces deforestation and river pollution from illegal mining, and the bishops said the Church hopes to lead by example and spur parishes and communities to join reforestation and conservation efforts.
The Catholic Church has emphasized environmental responsibility in recent years, notably in Pope Francis's 2015 encyclical Laudato Si', which called on all nations to care for our common home. The Ghanaian bishops said dioceses will carry tree planting and environmental education back to local parishes and schools.
(Source: Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference)
来源：加纳天主教主教团
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