Pope Leo XIV attends the International conference "Raising Hope for Climate Justice", in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Wednesday, October 1, 2025. Alessandra Tarantino/AP

Pope Leo XIV has called for pressure to be placed on governments to protect the environment as he stressed that damaging the natural world is incompatible with the Christian faith, in a speech at a climate conference Wednesday.

“We cannot love God, whom we cannot see, while despising his creatures” Leo told the conference which was held to mark 10 years since Pope Francis’ landmark document on the environment . “Everyone in society, through non-governmental organizations and advocacy groups, must put pressure on governments to develop and implement more rigorous regulations, procedures and controls.”

The American pontiff

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