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''Raising Hope for Climate Justice'' Conference Opens

Pope Leo XIV attends the International Conference ''Raising Hope for Climate Justice'' as part of the 10th Anniversary of the Encyclical Laudato Si, at Mariapolis Center in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on October 1, 2025. Arnold Schwarzenegger, founder of the ''Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative,'' joins Cardinal Jaime Spengler, President of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference and the Latin American Bishops' Council CELAM, Sister Alessandra Smerilli, Secretary of the Vatican Development Dicastery, and Maina Talia, Minister of the Interior and Environment of the island state of Tuvalu in the Pacific Ocean, for the climate conference on the tenth anniversary of Pope Francis' environmental encyclical ''Laudato si'.'' The aim is to find the next steps towards ecological change in the light of the Church's magisterium. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #12818554
Date taken: 1 October 2025
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Photographer: Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto
Category: Religion and Belief

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