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Pope Francis continues his message of being good stewards, i.e. caretakers, of the earth and all that is in it. He suggests that there is much to learn from indigenous traditions in this regard. He quotes “‘The dawn rises on all of the tribes together. The face of the earth was immediately healed by the sun’.” (Pope Francis, 16 Feb, 2016, VIS)

Due to Pope Francis’ concern about the destruction of the environment, one can guess that this may have a double meaning – firstly Jesus as the “Great Sun” who heals the land, but also the ability of the sun itself to heal the land by providing safe, renewable energy, (including passive solar). Interestingly, not only the Maya used “Great Sun” as a Kingship term, but the Natchez Indians of the lower Mississippi Valley, many of whom were sold into slavery in the Caribbean by the French.