(ANS – Rome) – Pope Francis concluded his ‘Earthly’ sojourn on 21 April 2025, the eve of Earth Day. It is important to recall that, on 22 April 2020 – the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day – Pope Francis dedicated his weekly general audience to speaking about the importance of caring for the Earth. Starting from these two singular anniversaries, Fr Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam, SDB, the former coordinator of the Sector on Ecology and Creation in the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, reflects on the impact of Pope Francis.
