A nun and children collect stones to build a wall around their convent near the site of the Myitsone Dam project in Myitkyina, Myanmar's northern Kachin state, Feb. 26, 2012. Myitsone is the site of the confluence of two rivers that form the Irrawaddy River, Myanmar's lifeblood waterway. In September 2011, President Thein Sein suspended a highly controversial hydropower project that would have flooded the area, including the convent, but pushback over environmental impact and resettling of people led to the project's suspension until 2015, when a new president presumably takes office after elections in November. (CNS photo / Reuters)
by GSR Staff
"Touch the hearts of those who look only for gain at the expense of the poor and the earth. Teach us to discover the worth of each thing, to be filled with awe and contemplation, to recognize that we are profoundly united with every creature as we journey towards your infinite light."
- Pope Francis, from "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home" (from A prayer for our earth, which closes the letter)
(Click here to read more about the hydroelectric dam project mentioned in the photo caption.)