The late Pope Benedict XVI's concern for the liturgy and his concern for the earth flowed from the same source: God's creative work and our response to it.
<p>At Thanksgiving, we give thanks for the gifts of the earth. Servant of God <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/vatican-considers-sainthood-lakot… Black Elk</a> helps us see that the earth and the Creator gives thanks for us, too.</p>