Water and Sun, Rain and Heat are needed for good crop of tomatoes in the garden. Today, the rain stopped long enough for the sun to come out for a little while but there is not much heat. I can produce water with a hose but cannot produce heat for the tomato plants. There are just some things we cannot do. We used to say we are dependent on Mother Nature but more and more we are realizing climate changes are man-made.

Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato si “On Care For Our Common Home” seems to have been warmly received by most Americans, except Catholic Bishops and Catholic politicians. Maybe it is quotes like this one that bothers them: “The idea of infinite or unlimited growth, which proves so attractive to economists, financiers and experts in technology … is based on the lie that there is an infinite supply of the earth’s goods, and this leads to the planet being squeezed dry at every limit.” The Pope makes it very clear that what we do, often in name of profits, severely hurts our common home, earth and is wrong. The Pope’s letter, address to all on earth, makes it perfectly clear that “climate change” is happening and we are an under a moral obligation to act on it.

The intensity of earthquakes, tornadoes, droughts, floods and hurricanes in recent years does not seem to have wakened some people in power. Perhaps Pope Francis’ strong statement will wake some up to this human created disaster on earth. Perhaps not. What does it take to wake people up and say ‘enough’; we must care for our common home?

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