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The Pope has also resumed concern for the environment of his predecessor.
Pope Leo XIV recalled the legacy of the late Pope Francis. Photography: EFE.
Leo XIV praised the great legacy of the encyclical ‘Laudato Si’ of Pope Francis who turns 10 years old, because he taught to listen to the double cry of the earth and the poor, “during the Sunday prayer of Regina Coeli for the first time celebrated from the window of the Apostolic Palace before thousands of faithful gathered in the Plaza de San Pedro.
“Pope Francis signed the appropriate encyclical dedicated to the care of our common house. He has had an extraordinary dissemination, inspiring countless initiatives and teaching everyone to listen to the double cry of the earth and the poor,” said the American pontiff.
He also encouraged the ‘Laudato Si’ movement that arose after the publication of the encyclical “and all those who carry out this commitment.”
He also urged “to renew the dialogue on how we are building the future of the planet”, in a message on the social network X.
“This encyclical of Pope Francis calls us to renew the dialogue on how we are building the future of the planet, to unite in the search for sustainable and comprehensive development and protect the common house that God has entrusted to us,” the American Pope wrote in the social network.
The Pope has resumed the concern for the environment of his predecessor, as expressed in the video message he sent to a meeting of university rectors of America and the Iberian Peninsula in Rio de Janeiro, in which he began to “work for an ecological, social and environmental justice.”
This meeting was also aimed at preparing the Cop30 climate summit, which will take place in the Amazon city of Belém and the new Pope has been invited by the Brazilian government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.