Happy Feast Day of St. Kateri Tekakwitha! 🌸
St. Kateri Tekakwitha chose courage over comfort, devoting her life to prayer and caring for others despite persecution. As patron of the environment, she reminds us to see God in all creation.
St. Kateri, pray for us! 🙏
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Pope celebrates first 'green Mass' using new rite in sign of strong ecological focus Pope Leo XIV has celebrated what has been dubbed the first “green” papal Mass. He used a new set of prayers imploring care for God’s creation in a sign he intends to emphasize environmental stewardshi...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates the new Mass formula “for the care of creation" | AP News
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Letter of the Holy Father for the establishment of the “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation” [1st September] (6 August 2015) | Francis Letter of the Holy Father for the establishment of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, 1st September, 6 August 2015

Note also how in 2015, Pope Francis wrote:

"It is my hope that this Day will in some way also involve other Churches and ecclesial Communities, and be celebrated in union with similar initiatives of the World Council of Churches."

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