Vatican Commission Defines Environmental Destruction as “Sin Against Creation”

Pope Leo XIV approved the 29,000-word document in July. Its release came 24 hours after MAGA commentators mocked Pope Leo XIV for praying that 2.1 billion people get safe water.

Pope Leo XIV walks a wheat field at Santa Maria di Galeria, outside Rome, on June 19, 2025, where the Vatican is building a solar farm around its radio transmission center. Pope Francis ordered the plant in June 2024; Leo inherited the project. (Vatican Media)

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