Pope Leo visits Italy’s ‘Land of Fires’ as families seek justice for children lost to toxic waste - AP News

Pope Leo visits Italy’s ‘Land of Fires’ as families seek justice for children lost to toxic waste  AP News

Pope meets families who lost children to toxic waste in Italy’s ‘Land of Fires’

Pastoral visit took in conversations with affected residents of polluted area around Naples seeking justice Pope Leo XIV has greeted families who lost loved ones to illegal toxic dumping in an area near Naples, as many paused to share photographs and other mementos of children and young people who have died or are battling cancer – illnesses tied to a multi-billion criminal racket run by the mafia. Leo’s visit to the so-called Terra dei Fuochi, or Land of Fires, came on the eve of the 11th an...

By Associated Press in Acerra

Pope Leo urges end to pollution, criticises profits earned

Pope Leo on Saturday called out companies who seek “dizzying” profits at the cost of environmental pollution, on a visit to an area in Italy known as a hotbed for illegal dumping of toxic waste. On a visit to Acerra, ‌about 220 km (137 miles) south of Rome, the first US pope urged the world to “reject temptations of power and enrichment linked to practices that pollute the land, water, air, and social coexistence”. Leo said he wanted to come to the area near Naples known as the “Land of Fires...

By Reuters

Pope Leo blasts ‘dizzying profits’ behind Italy’s toxic waste pollution and health crisis

Pope urged the world to "reject temptations of power and enrichment linked to practices that pollute the land, water, air, and social coexistence" during a visit to Acerra

By Joshua McElwee

Pope condemns environmental harm in Italy’s ‘Land of Fires’

Hazardous waste -- often from Italy's wealthy north -- has long been set alight or buried in the area around Acerra, a city near Naples

By Stewart Lewis

Pope Leo decries ‘dizzying’ profits earned by companies that pollute

Pope Leo on Saturday called out companies who seek “dizzying” profits at the cost of environmental pollution, on a visit to an area in Italy known as a hotbed for illegal dumping of toxic waste. On a visit to Acerra, about 220 km (137 miles) south of Rome, the first U.S. pope urged the world […]