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PREFACE
I extend my heartfelt gratitude to my parents, godparents, husband, and
children, as well as to all my teachers who instilled in me a deep respect for
nature.
I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Pázmány Péter Catholic
University and to esteemed Professor Gyula Bándi, who initiated me on the
path of environmental law. I would like to express my special thanks for the
thorough review work to Professor Lóránd Ujházi. I express my gratitude to
János Szilágyi for providing reliable administrative support. I also thank
Brigitta Pulay Hidvéghiné and János Zlinszky for the opportunity to participate
in the book series “TeremtEsVedelem”.
Special thanks are due to Jeremy Parrott for his expert editorial work.
I also express my gratitude to the publishing house for its author-friendly efforts.
“Onlya contemplative gaze can change our relationship with created things
and lead us out ofthe ecological crisis caused by the rupture of relationships
— with God, with our neighbour, and with the earth — resulting from sin.”!
With the words of Pope Leo XIV. I thank the Reader for taking this book
into your hands and for embarking with us on the journey of discovering the
Rights of Nature. I ask that you, too, through a contemplative reflection,
renew your loving relationship with our Creator’s most beautiful gift, nature.
Budapest, Hungary
Summer 2025
1 Devin Watkins, “Pope at Mass for Care of Creation: Ecological Crisis Requires Contemplative
Gaze,” Vatican News, 9 July 2025, https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-07/
pope-leo-xiv-mass-care-creation-borgo-laudato-si-castel-gandolfo.html.
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