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A Pivotal Moment for the Environment and Population

Katerina Athanasiou  —  Nov 6, 2010

On Nov. 4, Roots and Shoots – a student group that centered on environmental education – hosted a lecture on the interconnections between climate change, women’s rights and political issues as part of their Environmental Justice and Film Speaker Series. 

To the Editor: Population control not job of the church

Mar 26, 2009

To the Editor:

Re: “Overpopeulation: The Church’s Condom Code and Demographic Disaster,” Opinion, March 25

As a sometimes practical Catholic, I find the article a bit disconcerting. He starts by making a claim that the earth cannot sustain a population of more than two billion, which I find somewhat shaky, and then goes on to imply if the Roman Church were to endorse condom use, this problem would be solved, ignoring the fact that the area of the world with the fastest population growth is Asia, an area of the world decidedly lacking in Roman Catholics.

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