Leonardo DiCaprio Meets Pope Francis: Why The Actor Went To The Vatican [VIDEO]
The Oscar-nominated actor recently made some noble work this Thursday as he visited Pope Francis at the Vatican where they discussed on important matters on saving the environment.
According to Associated Press, DiCaprio met with Pope together with his father George DiCaprio with a 15-minute meeting. It was also then revealed that The Revenant actor gave a check for his charitable works.
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"Your Holiness, thank you for granting me this private audience with you," DiCaprio said in Italian as he arrived in the Apostolic Palace and kissed the pope's ring.
Meanwhile after the acquaintances, the 41-year-old actor handed a most valuable present to the pontiff a book of works from 15th-century Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, and showed him one of his childhood favorites -- a depiction of Adam and Eve -- titled "Garden of Delights."
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"As a child I didn't quite understand what it all meant, but through my child's eyes it represented a planet, the utopia we had been given, the overpopulation, excesses, and the third panel we see a blackened sky that represents so much to me of what's going in in the environment," DiCaprio told the pope.
The environmentalist also added that the painting would also represent Francis' environmental concerns.
Francis' encyclical Laudato Si (Praise Be) has been embraced by environmentalists for its denunciation of the world's fossil fuel-based economy and its demand for greener energy sources, AP wrote.
On another note, DiCaprio also previously reported donated $15 million towards conservation projects across the globe. DiCaprio has long been involved in environmental causes, founding the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998 to help protect wildlife from extinction and restore balance to threatening ecosystems and communities.
Moreover, while getting busy with charity works, Entertainment Tonight reveals that the actor is gearing up for the 88th Annual Academy Awards next month, hopefully taking home his much-anticipated first Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for portraying frontiersman Hugh Glass in The Revenant.
