In a public reception on Wednesday, September 1st, Pope Francis mentioned the “Era of Creation” that opened on that day and announced that he would be with the Archbishop Bartholomew I and the Anglican Archbishop Vale of Canterbury. Than publish a message together.
(Vatican News Network) In the context of a “severe global crisis”, September 1 opened the “Era of Creation”. This day is also the “Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation” around the world. Pope Francis mentioned in the public interview that day that this is an opportunity for Christians of “different religions” to pray and act for “our common home”. It is also an ecumenical movement that renews relations with God and everything around us every year. The moment. The Pope announced that he would publish a message with Archbishop Bartolomeo I and the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
The Pope said: “Today we are holding the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, which will start the creation period, which will end on October 4th, the Feast of Francis of Assisi. The theme of this year is,’Is it the home of all? Bringing a new look to God’s ecology’. Together with Archbishop Bartholomew and Archbishop Welby of Canterbury, I prepared a proclamation, which will be published in a few days. During this period of severe global crisis, we have to Together with brothers and sisters from different Christian churches, pray and act for our common homeland.”
During the Pope’s public reception that day, a delegation of more than one hundred people from the “May You Be Praised” movement was also present. They presented a miniature Abraham tent to the Pope at the beginning of this year’s creation period. A child of the movement, accompanied by a priest, dedicated a replica of the 50 cm tall miniature Abraham tent to the Pope.
This tent was made by more than 20 women from a group in Calabria in southern Italy and an asylum group, most of which are African women. The “May You Be Praised” campaign invites people to set up tents in the garden during this period as a symbol of receiving the excluded, pray with the most vulnerable people in each group, and express their commitment to build a home for everyone.
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