Meatless Mouthful–Pope Francis Homily On Protecting Animals, Earth
Written by Vegetarian Star on March 22nd, 2013 in Animal Issues, Meatless Mouthful.
“The vocation of being a ‘protector,’ however, is not just something involving us Christians alone; it also has a prior dimension which is simply human, involving everyone. It means protecting all creation, the beauty of the created world, as the Book of Genesis tells us and as Saint Francis of Assisi showed us. It means respecting each of God’s creatures and respecting the environment in which we live.”
“Please, I would like to ask all those who have positions of responsibility in economic, political and social life, and all men and women of good will: let us be ‘protectors’ of creation, protectors of God’s plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment.”
–newly elected Pope Francis in his homily this week. In addition to his speech asking men and women to consider all living things, the Pope was spotted in another act of animal kindness. He gave a blessing to a guide dog for a visually impaired journalist.
Photo: Aibdescalzo/Creative Commons
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