Does care for creation ignore the poor?

Climate change kills millions from drought, flooding, famine, and disease and exacerbates prenatal and perinatal mortality in poor countries. The United Nations predicts those who are already suffering could experience 100 more days of extreme weather annually.

Despite this humanitarian crisis, concern for God’s creation is often a fringe issue for Catholics rather than a fundamental one encompassing all life, as it should be. Genesis says God created all living things—including humans. God’s covenant with Noah reaffirms this fundamental kinship we share with all of creation.