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Faith in God must lead to care of creation

Monday, September 2nd, 2024
Pope and Patriarch

Pope Francis is well known for his strong views about faith and protecting God’s creation. The Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople is of the same view. Faith in God comes with two “inseparable” elements, Bartholomew said on Sunday which was the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation He said these two Read more

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Levin hosts World Day of Prayer focussing on Palestine

Monday, March 4th, 2024
Palestinian women

Levin’s Queen Street Chapel hosted this year’s World Day of Prayer. Christian women worldwide participate in this day of prayer each year and, this year, the focus was on Palestine. The theme “I Beg You … Bear With One Another in Love” was based on Ephesians 4:1-7 which calls people to bear with each other Read more

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Pope designates World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation

Friday, August 14th, 2015

Pope Francis has designated September 1 as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Pope Francis said he was instituting the prayer day for Catholics because he shares the concern of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, who initiated a similar prayer day for the Orthodox Church in 1989. The day of prayer, Read more

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