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September 7, 2019

Season of Creation demands action

The month-long Season of Creation puts its focus on caring for the planet.

Seventy-six-year-old great grandmother Patricia Timson is appalled at the low level of Catholic participation in this month’s Season of Creation — a liturgical observance beginning with the World Day of Prayer for Creation on Sept. 1, endorsed and promoted by Pope Francis since 2015.

Published in Canada
September 3, 2019

Pope Francis urges Catholics to join 'Season of Creation' initiative

A beach on the Pacific Ocean near Seaview, Washington, is seen in this photofrom July 23, 2019. The ecumenical World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation is celebrated Sept. 1 by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Pope Francis.

VATICAN CITY -- "Now is the time to abandon our dependence on fossil fuels and move, quickly and decisively, toward forms of clean energy," Pope Francis said as he marked the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.

Published in Reflections