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Pope Benedict XVI, who stepped down last week, has been hailed as the "green pope".

Other pontiffs have called for "creation care", and Francis's immediate predecessor at the Vatican, Benedict, was seen as the "green pope".

For even though Francis's predecessor, Benedict XVI, the German Joseph Ratzinger, acquired the nickname of the Green Pope for his enthusiasm for matters environmental – he sought to make the Vatican carbon-neutral and installed solar panels – it is Francis, the former Jorge Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, who may come to be the true long-term bearer of that title.

To the Editor: Re "The Change Upon Christ's Rock," by James Martin (Op-Ed, Feb. 12): In addition to the items Father Martin correctly notes about Benedict XVI's legacy, I would add that he has come to be known as the "Green Pope".

In a schedule that would daunt someone half her age, she is in Italy this week for talks with politicians, next week she will travel to Turkey and Greece to be with the "green" pope, Patriarch Batholomew of the Eastern Orthodox church, and others, and from there she will travel to Brazil for the UN's Rio +20 Earth summit to co-chair a meeting on avoiding deforestation with Richard Branson.

Pope Benedict XVI is often referred to as the "green pope" for his devotion to environmental causes.

Men are less frequent users of health services (Elliott et al, 2011), even after allowing for more consultations for reproductive health issues in women (Green and Pope, 1999), which suggests that they do indeed experience barriers to symptomatic presentation.

A third of Catholics say they will make their lifestyle greener if Pope Francis makes an official statement on climate change, ahead of a significant publication from the Vatican on the environment.

Soldiers prepare to process thousands of donated toys that were collected during the 16th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, at the Green Ramp on Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2013.

A third of Catholics in England and Wales had already pledged to make they will make their lifestyles greener if the Pope made his expected stand on global warming, a poll by Cafod found.

Environmentalists will be eager to see whether the next pope makes green issues a priority.