IT IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT IN THE HYMN TO CREATION IN WHICH ST. FRANCIS PRAISES GOD FOR HIS CREATURES, HE ADDS THIS: “PRAISE BE TO YOU, MY LORD, FOR THOSE WHO FORGIVE OUT OF LOVE FOR YOU”. EVERYTHING IS LINKED. THERE MUST THEREFORE BE A CONCERN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT UNITED WITH A SINCERE LOVE FOR HUMAN BEINGS, AND A CONSTANT COMMITMENT TO THE PROBLEMS OF SOCIETY.