Pope Leo: Care for peace is care for life

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Source: Vatican Media

Laudato Si' Week runs from May 17 to 24. As he prayed the Regina Caeli on Sunday, Pope Leo noted that the annual event celebrating the anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical on care for our common home, invites all people to move from hope to action.

The Pope encouraged the members of the Laudato Si' Movement and all those who work for an integral ecology to renew their commitment.

Referring to St Francis of Assisi's love for creatures and his message of peace, as the Church marks 800 years since the saint's death, he said: "In this Jubilee Year of Saint Francis of Assisi, let us remember his message of peace with God, with our brothers and sisters, and with all creatures," he said.

The Pope lamented that wars have caused progress in the field of care for creation to slow greatly in recent years.

Finally, Pope Leo XIV pointed to the inherent link between care for peace and care for life.

"I encourage the members of the Laudato Si' Movement and all those who work for an integral ecology to renew their commitment," he said. "Care for peace is care for life."