Amazon fires are 'true apocalypse', says Brazilian archbishop
by Jonathan Watts and Harriet Sherwood from on (#4PNPV)
Erwin Kriutler says he expects next month's papal synod to denounce destruction of rainforest
The fires in the Amazon are a "true apocalypse", according to a Brazilian archbishop who expects next month's papal synod at the Vatican to strongly denounce the destruction of the rainforest.
The comments by Erwin Kriutler will put fresh pressure on the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, following criticism from G7 leaders last month over the surge of deforestation in the world's biggest terrestrial carbon sink.
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