Pope Leo denounces corporate greed driving environmental destruction during a visit to Italy’s “Land of Fires,” urging accountability over decades of toxic waste dumping.
Pope Leo XIV has condemned the “dizzying” profits earned by companies responsible for environmental pollution during a visit to Acerra in southern Italy, a region long associated with illegal toxic waste dumping and public health crises.
Speaking in the so-called “Land of Fires,” about 220 kilometres south of Rome, he urged a rejection of “temptations of power and enrichment linked to practices that pollute the land, water, air, and social coexistence.”
The area near Naples has faced decades of environmental degradation linked to illegal dumping networks. In 2025, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Italian authorities had failed to protect residents from toxic waste exposure dating back to at least 1988.
Residents greeted the pope as he arrived by popemobile, with crowds waving Vatican flags and displaying photographs of relatives who died from illnesses linked to pollution, according to local reports. (more...)
Pope condemns ‘dizzying profits’ behind pollution in Acerra visit
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