Day of prayer of the care of creation

Pope Leo renews his invitation for Christians to join together today to celebrate the World of Prayer for the Care of Creation, which draws inspiration from the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the theme: “Seeds of Peace and Hope.”

The quote below is from Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948).

"Earth provides enough to satisfy everyone’s needs, but not everyone’s greed."

The beginning of a war that claimed 53 million people

On this day, September 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland, 17 days later the Red Army invaded Poland from the east.

World War II had begun, a war that claimed approximately 53 million people, of whom 27 million were citizens of the Soviet Union.