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As Hélène and Jean Bastaire have pointed out, the Franciscan tradition contains resources of meaning that can be used today to support ecological conversion: following the words and deeds of Francis of Assisi and Bonaventure’s understanding of them, quoted in Laudato si’ (nos. 233 and 239), a new vision is truly at work (1), as cosmic brotherhood is truly sought (2) and the praise of all creation is concretely experienced as a path to fulfilment (3). By combining reflection and action, concrete applications of a certain renewal of the Franciscan spirituality of creation can be shared.