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Pope Defends Indigenous Rights

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Pope Francis denounced the insatiable consumerism that drives the destruction of the Amazon .

He condemned extractive industries and conservation efforts that led to oppression for Indigenous peoples.

Pope Francis acknowledged the Churchâs role in colonization, considered climate change a moral issue born of rampant consumption and materialism.

In 2022 , Francis officially apologized to Canada for the residential schools that ripped Indigenous children from their families.

The following year , he rejected the Doctrine of Discovery , a religious concept that colonizers used to justify the illegal seizure of land from Indigenous peoples.

In 2019 , he called for a meeting of church leaders for the Pan-Amazon region to address issues affecting the Amazon Basin .

Pope Leo XIV , like his predecessor, has an awareness of the issues affecting Indigenous peoples, says Casey .

Casey : Both Francis and Prevost are attuned to Indigeneity in ways that they couldnât have been if they worked in Europe or the U.S ..

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