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Students at St. Francis International School in Silver Spring, Maryland, tend lettuce and other greens in the school garden as a part of their environmental science curriculum in 2018. The Washington Archdiocese issued an action plan Aug. 16 based on Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical on caring for creation, "Laudato Si'." (CNS/Catholic Standard/Jaclyn Lippelmann)
Students at St. Francis International School in Silver Spring, Maryland, tend lettuce and other greens in the school garden as a part of their environmental science curriculum in 2018. The Washington Archdiocese issued an action plan based on Laudato Si'.