APTOPIX Peru Pope

Pope Leo XIV is demanding justice for environmental defenders killed for protecting the Amazon. During a visit deep in the Peruvian rainforest, Leo fully backed efforts by Indigenous peoples to stop their lands from being ravaged by logging and illegal exploitation. Leo was channeling one of Pope Francis’ core teachings that links care for the most vulnerable with care for God’s creation. He said “The cry of the earth and the cry of the poor are inseparable.”