CHRISTIANS have a strong desire to protect the environment, but are given “precious little” to help them in the way of teaching and preaching, the Bishop of Coventry, Dr Christopher Cocksworth, says.
His comments follow a survey of regular churchgoers commissioned by Coventry Cathedral in the run-up to an environmental conference, Reconciling a Wounded Planet, to be held there next month. Results suggested that, while almost 41 per cent of the Christians who responded felt that they had more of a responsibility than non-Christians to tackle the environmental crisis, 43 per cent said that there was no opportunity to hear or discuss the challenge in their place of worship.
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