Christians show #Mercy2Earth this weekend

Apr 22nd, 2017

Earth seen from Apollo 17 - Wiki image

Catholics around the world will be celebrating the environment as a Christian Act of Mercy this weekend - April 22-23.

The #Mercy2Earth Weekend is being organised by the Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM) to mark the fact Earth Day (April 22) and Divine Mercy Sunday (April 23) are happening on the same weekend.

Tomás Insua, executive director of the GCCM, told Crux news: “those two themes, Earth and Mercy, are the essence of Pope Francis’s most important ecology statement in the post-Laudato si’ era.”

Read Pope Francis’ Message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation issued last September 2016:

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/pont-messages/2016/documents/papa-francesco_20160901_messaggio-giornata-cura-creato.html

For further information and resources see: www.mercy2earth.org

and the Crux report: https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2017/04/21/earth-day-catholics-prepare-show-mercy-planet/

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