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Pope Francis pours dirt into a potted olive tree during the meeting, "Faith and Science: Towards COP26," with religious leaders in the Hall of Benedictions at the Vatican Oct. 4, 2021. The meeting was part of the run-up to the U.N. Climate Change Conference, called COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 31 to Nov. 12, 2021. (CNS/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis pours dirt into a potted olive tree during the meeting, "Faith and Science: Towards COP26," with religious leaders in the Hall of Benedictions at the Vatican Oct. 4, 2021. (CNS/Vatican Media)