The Sacred Scripture presents us with the book of Genesis, the key to understand the relationship between man and nature. However, the original sin comes to alter this original relationship and establish a situation of domination. It will be Jesus Christ, in his voluntary surrender, who will come to restore all things and make them new. The Church, in part of its magisterium, has been in charge of promulgating this idea and already, in recent papacies, this need has been accentuated. Thus, John Paul II points out that current materialism and consumerism is evidence of man's relationship of domination over creation, this opposes the spirit of care and consequently causes destruction. Benedict XVI indicates that the appreciation and care of nature has a moral and ethical component, therefore it is limited to criteria of human excellence. He points out the need for technological progress to...