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Change lifestyles to protect Mother Earth, Pope urges

February 10, 2023

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CWN Editor's Note: Speaking on February 10 to the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum, Pope Francis said that “it is essential to make profound changes in our lifestyles” for the sake of the planet.

At a time of “an unprecedented social and environmental crisis,” the Pope said, modern society should learn from indigenous peoples how to care for “Mother Earth.”

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  • Posted by: Randal Mandock - Feb. 11, 2023 8:05 AM ET USA

    So despicable that not even a mention of God is to be found in so many of the "Mother Earth" and other worldly addresses of the titular head of the Catholic Church on earth. What is the meaning of an evangelization without God?

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