‘When biodiversity flourishes, human life flourishes,’ Vatican official says (National Catholic Reporter)

Warning that the world is at “the brink of an unprecedented biodiversity collapse,” Sister Alessandra Smerilli, FMA, the Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, said at a Laudato Si’ Week conference that “when biodiversity flourishes, human life flourishes.” She added, “We are at an inflection point with life-altering consequences.”