Pope Francis Delivers Impassioned Defense For Amazon Indigenous Tribes
(WorldNews Environment)

Amid the summer heat, Pope Francis gave a heartfelt defense of the Amazonian region`s indigenous people on Friday, whose lands and way of life are currently under threat of growing industry and indifferent governments, according to the New York Times. Departing from his usual rhetoric, Francis met with local leaders inside of a sports arena where the stage included several clerics from the Catholic Church sitting on chairs and indigenous people wearing traditional garments sitting on the ground. Francis said he understood the challenges facing the local communities in their quest for environmental preservation, and that he deplored `the pressure being exerted by great business interests that...