DO YOU KNOW THAT "UNJUSTIFIED DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT" IS A MORTAL SIN ACCORDING TO CATHOLIC CHURCH DOCTRINE? FEW PEOPLE DO, AND IT'S NOT OFTEN MENTIONED OR TAUGHT....WOULDN'T BE GOOD FOR BUSINESS.
GRIFFIN WOODS IS A 20 ACRE TRACT OF TIMBER IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS THAT WAS HERE BEFORE THE PILGRIMS LANDED AT PLYMOUTH ROCK. IRONICALLY, IT IS OWNED BY THE CHURCH AND STANDS ON A HILL NEXT TO THE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL. THE LOCAL BISHOP WANTS TO SELL IT TO SCHNUCKS MARKETS FOR $4 MILLION TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW GROCERY STORE AND STRIP MALL, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS ALREADY A STORE AND MALL ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE WOODS. IT APPEARS THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO PAY FOR PAST SEX CRIMES OF DIOCESAN PRIESTS. SURELY THERE IS A BETTER WAY. ONE IMMORALITY ISN'T RESOLVED BY COMMITING ANOTHER.
BULLDOZING THE WOODS WILL CAUSE THE HORRORIFIC AND UNJUSTIFIED DEATHS OF HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS AND BIRDS, AS WELL AS 1000S OF TREES AND WILDFLOWERS. POPE FRANCIS IS KNOWN TO BE A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND WOULD NEVER APPROVE THE DESTRUCTION OF GRIFFIN WOODS...IF HE KNEW OF IT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PETITION IS TO SEE THAT HE FINDS OUT IN TIME TO "SAVE THE WOODS". YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE APPRECIATED.
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