Dumping plastic in waterways is 'criminal' and must end if humanity wants to save the planet for future generations, Pope Francis said in a television interview on Sunday.
Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, February 6, 2022. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERSVATICAN CITY, Feb 6 - Dumping plastic in waterways is "criminal" and must end if humanity wants to save the planet for future generations, Pope Francis said in a television interview on Sunday.
"Looking after creation is an education in which we must engage," he said, citing a song by Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos in which a boy asks his father why "the river no longer sings" and the father responds that "we finished it off".last month, said he mostly likes classical music but also tango.
Francis did not elaborate on the source of the statistics he cited but in the past he has called for a total ban on nuclear weapons, saying even their mere possession for deterrence is immoral.
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