Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew "urgently appeal" to all those "in positions of responsibility" in the social, economic, political, and cultural fields "to support the consensus of the world for the healing of our wounded creation," the American Magazine website reports today (September 1, 2017).
They do so in a joint message for the third World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, on September 1, in which they urge people to pray for the care of the human and natural environment, which "are deteriorating together" and affecting especially the planet's most vulnerable people, the poor.
The fact that the pope, the leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics, and the patriarch, the first among equals in the leadership of the Orthodox Church with its 280 million members, decided to issue a joint message is the clearest indicator that they consider this as an issue of the utmost gravity and importance for humanity today.
They implore these leaders "to hear the cry of the earth" and "to attend to the needs of the marginalized" and "above all to respond to the plea of millions and support the consensus of the world for the healing of our wounded creation."
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