Mauricio Savarese By this Author Dec 17, 2025 Brazilian cardinal orders a popular Catholic priest to go offline following right-wing attacks May 13, 2025 'Leo will follow Francis.' Amazon Catholics hope the new pope will protect the rain forestClergymen and faithful in the Amazon region see Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV, who spent about two decades in Peru's countryside, as a pontiff who will protect the region and fight against climate change.
