Earth Day: 10 Quotes From Pope Francis On Creation, Care for the Environment

Earth Day: 10 quotes from Pope Francis on creation, care for the environment

The earth, photographed by the crew of Apollo 8 in December 1968. / Credit: NASA (public domain) CNA Staff, Apr 22, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis, who died on April 21 in Rome at the age of 88, had a special love for creation and urged th... [...]

“The climate is a common good for everyone and for everyone.” And: “There are not two separate crises, one environmental and one social, but only one complex socio-environmental crisis.” With these two sentences we could summarize Laudato Si', an encyclical of almost one hundred pages that Pope Francis published after just three years of pontificate and which it is impossible not to remember after the death of the pontiff and the anniversary - t…

Earth Day: 10 Quotes From Pope Francis On Creation, Care for the Environment

Remembering the Holy Father’s message urging the faithful to take action to protect the natural environment as we celebrate Earth Day.

Francisco's smile is replayed at the entrance wall of a consultation in the light, central region of the city of São Paulo. The Pope's Consultory, which will be named after the Pontifical name, is an immediate response initiative for the population living in the streets of the capital. The service has been provided for two months, with integration between federal and municipal health policies. The space is under the coordination of Father Julio …

Pope Francis was a leader who revitalized the Catholic Church by his inspiring, humble and close style. He stood out beyond the spiritual and was considered one of the most important and influential people in the world.In one of the sectors that worked the most was in the environmental, this is why he was considered as the green pope. Being his encyclical Laudato If his greatest contribution to sustainability, beyond the religious and, with grea…

With integral ecology, the encyclical Laudato Si' and his commitment to climate, Francis has allowed the Catholic Church to find itself in an unusual position for its history, that of avant-garde rather than rearguard, contemporary with its time