Pope Francis speaks of his fears for earth's 'forest lung' as hundreds of new fires rage across Amazon rainforest
Pontiff from neighbouring nation Argentina, said in St Peter's Square that 'we're all worried' about the fires. Fires blowing plumes of smoke into the air were seen across a vast area of the northwestern state of Rondonia.
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