Monday, August 10, 2015

Pope Sets Up Yearly Catholic Church Day of Care for Environment


Reuters, 10/08 14:04 CET

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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