Pope meets with fellow green campaigner, Leonardo DiCaprio

The handout picture made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano shows Pope Francis and United States actor Leonardo Di Caprio during a private audience at the Vatican, January 28 2016.

DiCaprio also handed the pope a check which he said was a donation.

On Thursday, Leo met with Pope Francis at the Vatican in Italy to discuss very important issues like climate change and the environment.

DiCaprio, speaking Italian, thanked the pope for receiving him and then, switching to English, gave him a book of paintings by 16th century Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch.

DiCaprio said he thought the painting also represented Francis’ environmental concerns.

He told the Pope, “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”.

Looks like Leonardo DiCaprio is pulling out the big guns!

The Pope has been praised for his second Papal encyclical “Laudato Si”, which focuses on encouraging greener living and reducing fossil fuels.

The movie great, who rose to fame with “Titanic” and has been nominated for a best actor Oscar for his role in “The Revenant”, set up a foundation in 1998 dedicated to protecting endangered wildlife and vulnerable eco-systems. Earlier this month he attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to receive the Crystal Award for his efforts to address environmental challenges. The Vatican offered no more information.