VATICAN CITY
(Reuters) – Pope Francis, riding a wave of mostly positive reaction to
his encyclical on ecology, on Monday set up a Catholic “World Day of
Prayer for the Care of Creation” to draw attention to the plight of the
planet.
The day, to be marked by the world’s 1.2 billion Roman
Catholics each year on Sept. 1, is Francis’s latest move to try to
highlight global environmental concerns ahead of a pivotal U.N. summit
on climate change in Paris in December.
“As Christians we wish to contribute to resolving the
ecological crisis which humanity is presently experiencing,” Francis
said in a letter to two Vatican cardinals whose departments are involved
in issues of justice, peace and Christian unity.
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Source: Euronews
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