We are faced not with two separate crisis, one environmental and the other social, but rather with one complex crisis which is both social and environmental. Strategies for a solution demand an integrated approach to combatting poverty, restoring dignity to the excluded, and at the same time protecting nature.

 Laudato Sí #139

Spanish translation by the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. Traducción al español por las Hermanas de la Misericordia de las Américas

Anne Curtis rsm is a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.

She is the Executive Director of Mercy Ecology. 'Our mission is to inspire reverence for Earth and to live in harmony with all creation.'

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