Have a family, grow a garden, be holy

WASHINGTON D.C.: The vision behind Pope Francis’ newest encyclical is one that offers a holistic proposal of stewardship rooted in faith, offering a lens through which to view the environment, said several Catholic theologians and ecologists.

“I think what he is telling Catholics in the center of this encyclical is ‘you’ve got all the resources to show a better way to care for creation than any environmentalist has, and you have to make that contribution’,” said Dr. Chad Pecknold, professor of historical and systematic theology at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.