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“For more than a year, we have all experienced the devastating effects of a global pandemic—all of us, whether poor or wealthy, weak or strong. Some were more protected or vulnerable than others, but the rapidly-spreading infection meant that we have depended on each other in our efforts to stay safe. We realised that, in facing this worldwide calamity, no one is safe until everyone is safe, that our actions really do affect one another, and that what we do today affects what happens tomorrow. ” These observations begin the “Joint Message for the Protection of Creation” issued on 1 September by Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, and Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, "compelled to address together the urgency of environmental sustainability, its impact on persistent poverty, and the importance of global cooperation". The message calls on each one of us to take responsibility for the ways we use resources and to work together for the common good. The complete message can be read here An article about the message can be read in Vatican news here  Comments are closed.
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