President of Colombia announces that he will print "millions" of copies of Pope Francis' latest encyclical for reading in all schools in the country

The Colombian head of state, Gustavo Petro, has published an extensive message on social network X (formerly Twitter) in which he has declared himself to be "sad and somewhat alone" because of the loss of Pope Francis, "the great Latin American Pope", of whom he has said that he was "simply human" and therefore very sensitive "to the problems of others".

The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, said this Saturday that he will order the printing of “millions” of copies of the encyclical ‘Laudato si’, by the late Pope Francis, so that it will be distributed and read in the schools of the country. “I will order that the ‘Laudato si’ be printed by millions so that it will be read in schools, so that the farmer will read your words (...) so that your energy will pass from hand to hand, from the hands …

Through his X account the President issued a farewell message to Pope Francis and assured him that he will order the printing of millions of his encyclical to be read in schools