Pad thai, phat thai, or phad thai, is a stir-fried rice noodle dish commonly served as a street food in Thailand as part of the country’s cuisine. It is typically made with rice noodles, shrimp, peanuts, a scrambled egg, and bean sprouts, among other vegetables. (Photo by Joe Torres)
By Jose Torres Jr.
Nov 4 2022
The head of the social action arm of the Archdiocese of Manila backed calls for “no meat Fridays” to help reduce global carbon emissions.
“What is good for the planet is good for the body. What is good for the body is good for the planet,” said Father Anton Pascual, executive director of Caritas Manila.
In a radio interview over Veritas 846 on Thursday, November 3, the priest reminded the Filipino faithful to care not only for their bodies but for the environment “to be able to serve better.”
A team at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom this week said Catholics can help reduce global carbon emissions by urging the faithful to return to not eating meat on Fridays.
The team has earlier looked at the impact of a call by bishops in England and Wales in 2011 to reinstate the practice.
They found that despite only about a quarter of Catholics changing their dietary habits, more than 55,000 tons of carbon were saved each year.
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