Pope Francis heralds upcoming Day of Prayer for Care
of Creation
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis
called attention on Sunday to the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation,
to be celebrated this coming Thursday, September 1st. A major
global ecumenical stewardship initiative, the World Day of Prayer for the Care
of Creation began in 1989 under the leadership of the Orthodox Church.
Pope Francis established the
Day for the Catholic Church by a letter dated August 6th, 2015, and
addressed to Cardinals Peter Turkson and Kurt Koch, respectively the President
of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the President of the
Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity.
In the letter, Pope Francis
says, “The annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation will offer
individual believers and communities a fitting opportunity to reaffirm their
personal vocation to be stewards of creation, to thank God for the wonderful
handiwork which he has entrusted to our care, and to implore his help for the
protection of creation as well as his pardon for the sins committed against the
world in which we live.”
Speaking to the faithful
following the traditional Angelus prayer on the final Sunday
in August, Pope Francis looked forward to the event, saying, “This coming
Thursday, September 1st, we will mark the World Day of Prayer for
the care of creation, together with our Orthodox brothers with Churches,” and
describing the event as, “an opportunity to strengthen the common commitment to
safeguard life, respecting the environment and nature.”
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