The Season of Creation runs to Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology.
Make the brave choice to lead a simpler, eco-friendly life, pope says
Pope: Jubilee for the Earth a time for restoring bond with God, creation
Pope Francis said the observance of World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation is a time to renew, repair and restore humanity’s broken relationship with God and his creation.
Coronavirus and creation: Bringing lessons learned into prayer, action
The Season of Creation begins Sept. 1, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, an observance initiated by the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1989 and adopted by Pope Francis for the Catholic Church in 2015.
Effie Caldarola: Season of Creation
The “Season of Creation” is an ecumenical effort runs from Sept. 1, which is the day in 2015 when Pope Francis introduced the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and lasts until Oct. 4, the feast of our environmental patron, St. Francis of Assisi.
Forty Catholic institutions plan to divest from fossil fuels
As the monthlong “Season of Creation” ended, forty Catholic institutions, including the Belgian bishops’ conference and a leading church social welfare agency in South Africa, have decided to divest from fossil fuel companies citing the call of Pope Francis in his 2015 encyclical, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.”