Pope John Paul II

===Environment and ecology===
[[File:Sandro Pertini e Giovanni Paolo II insieme sulle cime dell' Adamello 12.jpg|thumb|Pope John Paul II on the peak of [[Mount Adamello]] in the [[Adamello-Presanella Alps]]]]

John Paul II taught on the environmental health of Earth that "humanity has disappointed God's expectations ... degrading that 'flowerbed' which is the earth, our dwelling-place".<ref name=aud20010117 /> His phrase and exhortation, "ecological conversion", which was used in a general audience in The Vatican in 2001,<ref name=aud20010117>John Paul II, [https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/audiences/2001/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_20010117.html General Audience, Wednesday 17 January 2001: "God made man the steward of creation"], accessed 3 September 2023</ref> has been widely adopted, for example in the Mandate for [[Catholic Earthcare Australia]],<ref>Catholic Earthcare Australia, [https://archive.today/20120803220513/http://www.catholicearthcare.org.au/mandate.html Mandate for Catholic Earthcare Australia], published May 2002, archived 3 August 2012, accessed 3 September 2023</ref> and in the writings of Pope Francis.<ref>Pope Francis, [https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html Laudato Si'], Chapter 6, section 3, published 24 May 2015, accessed 3 September 2023</ref>