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Students at St. Francis International School in Silver Spring, Md., tend the lettuce and other greens in the school garden as a part of their environmental science curriculum in this 2018 file photo. The Archdiocese of Washington issued an action plan Aug. 16, 2021, 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, Md., tend the lettuce and other greens in the school garden as a part of their environmental science curriculum in this 2018 file photo. (CNS/Catholic Standard/Jaclyn Lippelmann)