Pope Francis' General Audience: English
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| Earth Day |
Pope Francis holds his weekly General Audience via live
streaming from the Vatican Library. This week he focuses on Earth Day.
Dear Brothers and Sisters: Today marks the fiftieth
anniversary of Earth Day. This is an opportunity for renewing our
commitment to caring for our common home. We are called to cherish
creation and all life within it, for the natural world is the “Gospel of
Creation”, not a set of resources for us to exploit. To overcome our
selfishness and rediscover a sacred respect for the earth, we need a new way of
seeing – an ecological conversion – for the earth is also God’s home and we
stand on holy ground. We can only be authentic custodians of the earth,
and overcome the challenges before us – such as the coronavirus pandemic – by
acting in solidarity with one another. As the Encyclical Letter Laudato
Si’ reminds us, we are one interdependent human family and so need a common
response to the threats we face (cf. 164). In this Easter season of
renewal, as we strive to love more deeply our common home and all our brothers
and sisters, especially those most in need, let us implore our Heavenly Father:
“Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth” (cf. Ps
104:30).
I greet the English-speaking faithful joining us through the
media. In the joy of the Risen Christ, I invoke upon you and your
families the loving mercy of God our Father. May the Lord bless you!
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