In a press conference that took place in the Vatican’s Sala Stampa today, 27 June, Pope Francis’s message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation was shared. Creation Day takes place on 1 September and is the starting date for the annual Season of Creation, which runs through the Feast of St. Francis on 4 October.
Read the full statement from Pope Francis here.
The papal message is entitled “Hope and Act with Creation,” and in it Pope Francis reminds us that “Hoping and acting with creation means first of all joining forces and walking together with all men and women of good will.” In this moment of struggle for our common home, we are united. We join together with our sisters and brothers throughout the world in common purpose.
But hope is not the end of the story. We are also called to action. Pope Francis tells us that the Holy Spirit “keeps the believing community alert and continually instructs them, calls them to conversion in lifestyles, to resist human degradation of the environment.”
Believing in a better future means taking action to bring it to life. We respond to Pope Francis’ message with hope, prayer, and action.
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