Pope Leo launches the Vatican’s groundbreaking ecology project directed by a Chicago priest. ‘A seed that can bear fruits of justice and peace.’
- Posted on September 5, 2025
- By Chicago Tribune
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Pope Leo launches the Vatican’s groundbreaking ecology project directed by a Chicago priest. ‘A seed that can bear fruits of justice and peace.’

The Rev. Manuel Dorantes, who immigrated to Waukegan from Mexico as a child, serves as managing Pope Leo’s a 135-acre experiment in sustainable farming and environmental education at the papa…