A [trRoDucnoilDuring the l0th WorldYouth Dayhdd in lv{anila'
Phil-
ippines, the youth, gathered at rhe Universiry of Santo
Tomas,declared the following:
Manifesto on Ecological BatanccWHEREAS, we, the youth of rhe
Prescnt generationthough coming from the different pam of
thePhilipPines and of the world,ioin our hearrs and minds
rogether,freeci irom the bondage ofour respecdveculrural and
narional boundaries,in order ro proclaim to the wholc worldour
un$?\'cring commitmenr toJESLS CHRIST and His teachings. through
thc inspirarion of His Vicar'' PopcJohn Paul II'Tirdal" r,*'c live
ourselves, togedrer,tor,t'ards a ncw level of awareness and
consciousnessin active and responsive panicipation inshaping our
history: in the socio-economic,pai ;J, environmenral and moral
dimensionsofourlives'
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His vision of dre plerorna was a sraremenr of rhe way inyhich
!e, i'naginadvels as a ** "fi"r*;;ffi, ;;";L::tions of the
christian reveration *orkirg;r in rhe sort ofcos-mos science now
lcnows we inhabic a".wsrld,, whieh h. ;;-2.irtrEMn$il .llnot
depcndenr on human preferences o, "**ro-*ntered ethic"The nanrral
world has an inherent rralue o, ou*h. Lngically, . :man valucs it
because rhey has wonh_
