Carmelite, Fr Eduardo Agosta Scarel has been named as a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy for Life by Pope Leo XIV. Fr Eduardo is also vice-president of the Carmelite NGO, director of the Department of Integral Ecology at the Spanish Episcopal Conference, and a researcher in climate variability and change.
“I accept this appointment with deep gratitude and a sense of responsibility, as a Carmelite friar,” said Eduardo, “I accept this appointment as a call to serve through integral ecology and the Social Doctrine of the Church, bringing scientific rigor and ethical discernment to address the challenges affecting human life and our common home.”
Fr Eduardo has written and lectured extensively about integral ecology, climate change and Pope Francis’ Encyclical, Laudato Si’. He is a member of the Dulce Nombre di Maria Carmelite Province which has Carmelites in Argentina, Burkina Faso, Spain, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela.
Photo: Courtesy of St Mary’s Dominican High School
