Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost wasted little time after becoming Pope Leo XIV in May in answering the question of whether he would follow his predecessor, Pope Francis, known as the "climate pope" in challenging the world to fight global warming and take better care of the environment.
Breaking into his first vacation in early July at Castel Gandolfo outside of Rome, Pope Leo gave a special mass, which included pushing the world's 1.4 billion Catholics to help convert others into caring about climate change and stopping harmful pollution.
