US Edition‘Leo will follow Francis.’ Amazon Catholics hope the new pope will protect the rain forest
- Pope Leo XIV, formerly Bishop Robert Prevost, has a deep history of environmental advocacy connected to the Amazon region as of 2025.
- His experience stems from over two decades in Peru, leading the Chiclayo diocese since 2015, amid growing threats of deforestation and illegal activities in the Amazon.
- Prevost leads and supports Catholic networks like the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network and collaborates with Indigenous groups focused on forest and climate protection.
- Cardinal Pedro Barreto declared that Prevost "doesn't need to be convinced of its importance," while Indigenous leaders like Laura Vicua hope he will be an ally against climate change.
- Prevost’s environmental commitment suggests continued papal focus on Amazon protection and climate action, including engagement with events like COP30 in Brazil this year.
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Amazon Catholics hope the new pope will protect the rain forest
SAO PAULO, Brazil — The bishop sat quietly near the front row, hands folded, listening as Indigenous leaders and church workers spoke about the threats to Peru’s northern forests, a part of the Amazon rain forest. It was 2016, a year after Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment. When he was up to speak, the bishop didn’t preach though he was in his city of Chiclayo as host of a regional gathering. Instead, he reflected on thin…
‘Leo will follow Francis.’ Amazon Catholics hope the new pope will protect the rain forest
For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with interfaith environmental networks and Indigenous organizations to...
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'Leo will follow Francis.' Amazon Catholics hope the new pope will protect the rain forest
For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with interfaith environmental networks and Indigenous organizations to place forest protection and rights at the center of Church concern.
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La Voz"León will follow in the footsteps of Francis." Catholics in the Amazon expect the pope to protect the jungle
The bishop sat in silence near the front row, with his hands intertwined, listening as indigenous leaders and Church workers talked about the threats to the forests of northern Peru, within the Amazon jungle. It was 2016, a year after Laudato Si, Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment.
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