iNewsToday: Pope Francis attends a vesper prayer in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday.
Recalling that "the Catechism of the Catholic Church presents the confessional as the place where the truth makes us free", the Pope called upon the faithful to repent of the ecological damage they have caused and to make a "firm goal of amendment" to act in concrete ways that are "more respectful of creation".
Remarking on the planet's rapid warming, Francis observed that "c$3 limate change is also contributing...