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Marking World Water Day, 22 March, Pope Francis reminds us that water is a primary necessity that must never be wasted, abused or serve as grounds for war. Speaking during the weekly General Audience, the Pope recalled the words of St. Francis of Assisi’ in his ode to creation, Laudato sì: “Praised be you, my Lord, through Sister Water, who is very useful and humble and precious and chaste.” In these simple words, he said "we feel the beauty of creation and the awareness of the challenges involved in caring for it.” The Pope noted that the second UN Water Conference is taking place at the United Nations headquarters in New York in these days. “I pray for the success of the work and hope that the important event will accelerate initiatives in favour of those who suffer from the scarcity of water, this primary good,” he said. In his message to participants at the UN Water Conference taking place in New York on 22-24 March, he called for “concrete and effective” action to ensure the universal human right to access water, calling it is a right to life. Source: Vatican News  Comments are closed.
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