September 1 as Day of Prayer -- focus for the ENVIRONMENT (2015)

from PBS dot-org (Religion and Ethics Newsweekly):

Pope Designates Day of Prayer for the Environment

August 14, 2015

This week (mid-August 2015) Pope Francis said he will designate September 1st as the “World Day for the Prayer for the Care of Creation.” With this move, the Catholic Church joins the Orthodox Church in observing the day of prayer for the environment. The National Council of Churches welcomed the pope’s announcement as a sign of “Christian unity” and called for more churches to join in.