IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Leonardo DiCaprio pays tribute to the late Pope Francis
The Oscar winner - who met the Pope in 2016 for his environmental documentary Before the Flood, shared photos from that meeting on Instagram after the Vatican announced the pontiff's passing. "Pope Francis was a transformational leader, not only for the Catholic Church, but also for environmental reform and activism," DiCaprio wrote in the caption. "During the filming of my documentary Before the Flood in 2016, I had the honour of sitting down with Pope Francis for a conversation on the urgent need to address climate change. That experience was enlightening, deeply moving and thought-provoking."
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