In a video message accompanying his prayer intention for September, Pope Francis prays that "each of us might listen with our hearts to the cry of the earth and of the victims of environmental disasters and climate change, making a personal commitment to care for the world we inhabit."

By the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostolate of Prayer): https://www.popesprayer.va

To see other videos and content about the Pope’s prayer intentions, go to: https://www.thepopevideo.org/

As begin the Season of Creation 2024, we look back at  the launch of Laudato Deum on the Feast of St Francis last year.

The Season of Creation will run from 1 September until 4 October, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi patron of the environment and ecology,

The theme for 2024 is: To Hope and Act with Creation.  

This six-week seasonal fixture on the Church’s calender was established by Pope Francis in 2015 following the publication of his bestselling encyclical letter Laudato Si – on care for our common home.

"The world sings of an infinite Love: how can we fail to care for it?" – Pope Francis

'… a readiness to listen as brothers and sisters to one another …'

The late Archbishop Noël Treanor on the 2017 Ad Limina visit of the Irish Bishops with Pope Francis. May He Rest in Peace.

Julieann Moran on the on-going work to prepare for the first National Synodal Assembly during the upcoming Jubilee Year which has the theme 'Pilgrims of Hope'