Tomorrow, Monday, November 6, the world will observe the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. In Genesis 2:15, we read: “God took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden to cultivate and take care of it.”
Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si (On Care For Our Common Home) is a call for conversion of hearts, minds and lifestyles if we are to save our planet. He says dialogue and education can “help us to escape the spiral of self-destruction which currently engulfs us”. He urges us to “hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.” … He calls us to promote authentic human ecology which connects ecological issues and life issues.
