Pope in Peruvian rainforest demands justice for environmental defenders killed for protecting Amazon
- On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV visited Pucallpa in the Peruvian Amazon and demanded justice for environmental defenders killed protecting their ancestral lands from illegal exploitation.
- Indigenous communities in Peru face rising violence from illegal logging, mining, and drug trafficking; 35 environmental defenders have been murdered over the past 15 years.
- Decrying the "irresponsible exploitation" of natural resources, Leo stated, "The blood of these brothers cries out to God and demands justice" for the slain leaders.
- Indigenous human rights activist Cecilio Soria said the visit is a "great opportunity to make our demands, our grievances, and our problems heard" by global audiences.
- Leo urged Catholics to oppose deforestation and pollution, calling for an economic model that respects the Earth and Indigenous peoples amid his forceful global advocacy.
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After spending the morning in Cusco, 3,600 meters above sea level, Leo XIV moved to Pucallpa, in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, to celebrate a ceremony that served to support indigenous peoples "in the search for justice and peace, which these lands so much need," he said.
From the depths of the Peruvian tropical forest, Pope Leo XIV called on Sunday for justice to be given to environmental defenders murdered for protecting the Amazon, and gave his full support to the efforts of indigenous peoples to prevent their land from being ravaged by logging and illegal exploitation.
León XIV denounced the exploitation of the Amazon, called for indigenous justice and criticized the state's abandonment of the communities.
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PUCALLPA, Peru >> Pope Leo on Sunday forcefully condemned what he called the exploitation of the Amazon jungle and urged Catholics to oppose “with perseverance” the deforestation and pollution caused by gold and oil production in the world’s largest rainforest.
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From deep in the Peruvian rainforest, Pope Leo XIV on Sunday demanded justice for environmental defenders killed for protecting the Amazon and fully backed efforts by Indigenous peoples to stop their lands from being ravaged by logging and illegal exploitation.
Pucallpa (Peru), Nov 15 (EFE).- Pope Leo XIV denounced this Sunday the exploitation of the Amazon region and condemned the treatment that the indigenous communities receive with the murder of their leaders, sexual abuse and the abandonment of institutions, in an act in the Malecon of Callao, in Pucallpa, [...] La entrada The Pope denounces in Peru the exploitation of the Amazon and the murder of indigenous leaders was first published in HolaNews.
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