SIENA, CELEBRATO ALL’EREMO DI LECCETO IL VESPRO PER LA CURA DEL CREATO

The Hermitage of Lecceto in Siena hosted Vespers for the care of creation, featuring prayers and readings focused on environmental stewardship and peace. The nuns at the hermitage led the liturgy, which included the Magnificat and the Sub tuum praesidium.

A reading from the prophet Isaiah described weapons being transformed into tools for farming and nourishment. Waldensian pastor Fanny Askani noted that this prophecy requires active commitment in the present day.

Father Basilio Sirbuet expressed pain regarding Russian bombings of the Monasterio delle Grotte and the cattedrale dedicata alla Dormizione della Madre di Dio. He revisited his previous comments from the InsiemeXeuropa meeting at the basilica di San Francesco, where he stated that sending weapons would worsen the situation in Ukraine. The service concluded with a blessing delivered by three ministers.