Pope Leo XIV asked Catholics around the world to pray in This September “So that, inspired by San Francisco, we experience our interdependence with all creatures, loved by God and worthy of love and respect.”
This proposal is part of the requests that he entrusts monthly to his worldwide network of prayer, as an expression of his main concerns for humanity and for the mission of the Church.
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At the end of the Angelus of August 31, the Pope also recalled that on September 1 the World Prayer Day for Creation Care will be held, instituted by Pope Francis in 2015. “This celebration is more than ever important and urgent,” he said.
In continuity with the path drawn by Pope Francis, Leo XIV encouraged the faithful to join this particular intention, which also occurs within the framework of the time of creation, which the Church celebrates from September 1 to October 4, feast of San Francisco de Asís.
As noted by the website of the Pope’s world prayer network, the intention of monthly prayer of the Holy Father “is a global call to transform our prayer into ‘concrete gestures’, it is a compass for a mission of compassion for the world.”
In addition, it is explained that this dynamic “proposes a path to mobilize every month, for prayer and action, for a more human, fraternal and supportive world”, and that these requests “are the result of a long process of discernment in the Church, in various countries of the world, and with proposals from several dicasterios, congregations and services of the Holy See.”
Finally, the Pope’s worldwide network emphasizes that these intentions also constitute “orientations for our life and mission.”
Diego López Marina
I was born in 1991. I have a degree in Communication Sciences. Since 2015 I work as a digital journalist. I started my career in the newspaper El Comercio in Peru. In 2016, I began as editor in ACI Press and I perform as a web editor since 2018. From 2024, I write the Newsletter for Social Media. I specialize in Catholic news focused on the defense of life and family, international politics, technology, popular culture and the Vatican.