When we talk about the environment, about creation, my thoughts turn to the first pages of the Bible, the Book of Genesis, which states that God placed man and woman on earth to cultivate and care for it. And the question comes to my mind: What does cultivating and caring for the earth mean? Are we truly cultivating and caring for creation? Or are we exploiting and neglecting it? ✨ Pope Francis On World Environment Day Speaks Of Food Waste, Lack Of Attention To Needs Of Poor, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 5, 2013.
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