The Pope is presenting a type of theology that puts the presence of divinity in the natural world and uses this to catapult an idea of a suffering mother. The Earth is an unconscious “it,” not a pseudo-conscious, quasi-divine “her.” The talk of Mother Earth and a false understanding of God’s omnipresence reflect a culture pervaded with paganism whose backbone has become that of New Age substance, and these concepts have worked their way into the Church from the highest levels of religious influence.
