The Holy Father has certainly been writing prolifically in recent days about man’s need to be a more responsible steward of creation and the environment. From the approach of the global conference in Copenhagen through his World Day of Peace message, where he stated “If you want to cultivate peace, protect Creation,” it is evident that this subject has been increasingly on his mind.

Our home, the Earth is an ever evolving planet of landscapes and developing ecologies. From primordial times, the earth’s crust has been constantly on the move. A great discovery of the 20th century was plate tectonics. Believe it or not, parts of Scandinavia, the northern British Isles and North America are still rising at a rate of between 2/5 and 40 in. (1 and 100 cm) per century. *

There are the Northern Lights that have been numerous as our Sun sends its solar flares out into the solar system, signaling the increased acvity in the solar cycle. A great site to visit for up to date solar weather is the Solar Terrestrial Activity Report.

Everyone can agree that our climate is certainly in flux. All across the globe, record heat, record cold, record winds and record floods are changing the history books. It is indeed a time of trial and of multiple disputes as to the nature and causes of all of these changes.

We are living in a time where it is necessary that we all get involved in the nature of protective and responsible stewardship of what sustains us. God’s hand can once again draw near to the earth and quiet the chaos, but, we have to have a change of heart in our concern for the environment gifted to us and in our love for our fellow man.

I urge you to connect with this web site and share your concerns and solutions, your stories of love and inspiration. We invite your commentaries on current subjects and we urge you to become involved in the ways only you know you can, in caring for Creation through peaceful responsibility!

Join our Holy Father in heart, mind and spirit and let us all “renew the face of the earth” starting today.

*The Earth, It’s Wonders , It’s Secrets, 1997, Toucan Books, London

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