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ROME, Italy Nov 20 (ANA) - Bologna University on Saturday proclaimed Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos honorary professor "for the sensitivity he has shown in his struggles for the protection of the environment."

The official ceremony took place in Ravenna, at the Church of San Vitale.

On Friday evening, he gave a speech at Bologna University, which is the oldest in Italy, on the theme "The environment and its protection".

Addressing the conference the Ecumenical Patriarch said: "There are people who want to live at the expense of others. Today, where development has shaped the world into an international community, the harmful practice of dumping waste, which Roman law prohibited, does not simply harm our neighbors, but all people. Under these conditions, our science obliges us to accept the Christian truth of the unity of the future of mankind. Furthermore, consciousness is the unique force with which man can oppose pollution. And it is in this direction the Patriarchate is working. "

"We want to convince individuals and governments, by using moral arguments which can be touching. We want to convince people that God gave us the order to work and protect Earth. God created an ecological balance. Its disruption threatens the coming generations and our conscience does not allow us to act in this direction," Vatholomeos added.

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