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Pope prays for world to recognize urgency of climate crisis as he celebrates Mass’ using new rite
CASTEL GANDOLFO, METROPOLITAN CITY OF ROME, LAZIO, JUL 9 – Pope Leo XIV introduced new prayers focusing on climate justice and stewardship, aligning with Pope Francis' legacy to protect vulnerable communities and care for creation.
- On Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first papal Mass with new prayers inspired by Pope Francis’ environmental legacy at the Vatican ecological center in Castel Gandolfo.
- The Mass followed Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical, which denounced exploitation of the Earth and urged care for creation amid worsening human-caused climate crises and disasters.
- Leo, a longtime missionary who witnessed climate impacts on Indigenous peoples, condemned injustice, inequalities, and greed fueling deforestation, pollution, and biodiversity loss.
- Leo plans to develop a 1063-acre solar farm near Rome, which would generate the Vatican's electricity, making it the first carbon-neutral state, pending Italian parliament approval.
- This event reflects Leo’s dedication to continuing Francis’ ecological mission by highlighting care for the environment and advocating for fair treatment of the planet’s most vulnerable communities.
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Northwest CatholicPope prays for conversion of those resisting climate action at new Mass
"We must pray for the conversion of many people, inside and outside of the church, who still do not recognize the urgency of caring for our common home," Pope Leo XIV said while celebrating a new formulary of the Mass "for the care of creation."
Leo XIV follows the wake of Francis in the defense of the environment and establishes a new type of liturgy for Masses dedicated specifically to asking for the care of the planet
Pope prays for world to recognize urgency of climate crisis
ROME — Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of the poor,” as he celebrated the first papal Mass using a new set of prayers and readings inspired by Pope Francis’ environmental legacy. The Mass, in the gardens of the Vatican’s new ecological educational center at the papal summer estate in Castel Gandolfo, indicated a strong line of ecological continuity with Francis, who mad…
Pope Leo prays for conversion of those resisting climate action at new Mass
“We must pray for the conversion of many people, inside and outside of the church, who still do not recognize the urgency of caring for our common home,” Pope Leo XIV said while celebrating a new formulary of the Mass “for the care of creation.”
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