March 29, 2014 - May the family, the privileged guardian of the gift of life, also
be the fundamental place for education towards respect for the great gift of creation.
This was the heart of the message which Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro
Parolin signed and sent on behalf of Pope Francis, to participants in a day-long forum
in Rome on safeguarding the environment. The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for the
Family and the non-profit environmental association, Greenaccord, organized the March
29th forum on the theme, “Family, Safeguard Creation!” In the message
the Pope wished that the awareness of the shared responsibility for the entire human
family and for the world, the common home entrusted to protection of all, grow both
in believers as well as in non-believers.