Francisco asked the policy "concrete responsibilities" to save the Amazon – Telam

Pope Francis asked politics to take "concrete responsibilities" to save the Amazon and criticized the damage caused by the interests of the "dominant sectors" in the region, to which the Vatican will devote the next Synod of Bishops to October.

The pontiff felt that the obstacles to safeguarding the enormous green lung of South America, with "the threat of life of the people and the territory, stem from the economic and political interests of the dominant sectors of the society, "he told the newspaper. The Stampa published today.

In this context, Jorge Bergoglio asked the policy to eliminate "contubernios themselves and corruptions".

"Concrete responsibilities must be badumed, for example, with regard to open-cast mines, which poison water and cause so many diseases, and the problem of fertilizers must also be taken into account," he said. Bishop of Rome.