Pope Francis does not appear to have taken up a young environmental activist’s call to observe a vegan Lent.
The 12-year-old American girl, Genesis Butler, had written an open letter to the Pope, asking him to abstain from animal products, because of the “global destruction and devastation” she claims they cause.
In her message, which was published by newspapers including the New York Times and The Guardian, she cited the encyclical letter of 2015, Laudato si, in which Pope Francis called for action on global warming.
