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… of fossil fuels," the faith letter stated. The religious leaders said that "too many" coal mines and oil and gas wells are under production and will lead to global temperatures blowing … Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM), the Amazonian Ecclesial Conference, the Churches and Mining Network and the Latin American and Caribbean Catholic Bishops Council (CELAM). Argentine … have supported binding international agreements on nuclear weapons, debt relief, tobacco, land mines, and more," Hening Parlan, environmental head for the 30-million-member Indonesian Islamic …

… society created by the Spanish conquest that enslaved the indigenous people of Peru to mine the silver that fueled Spain's expansion as a world power. Martin was the son of a Spanish …

… "is mercy toward the poor and discarded: 'Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me,'" the pope said. "The Most High is in the least, he who inhabits the …

… Amazon, which is based on highly environmentally impacting activities like cattle raising and mining. "During his administration, the environmental monitoring and control agencies have been …

… church. Sadly, the people running the diocesan seminaries were as unprepared for Francis as mine were for Vatican II. Their bishops were as out of it as were my superiors. Once again, …

… the four years of Bolsonaro's government, which defended the interests of agribusiness and mining in the Amazon," said Bossi. He said if Bolsonaro were reelected, these positions would be … stressing a commitment to zero deforestation in (the) Amazon and declaring himself against mining on Indigenous lands," said Bossi. Oliveira said that when Bolsonaro was first running for …

… decided they could ship our industrial and manufacturing base off to China. Communities like mine would suffer. Families like mine would suffer. The elites would maybe make a few extra pennies, but America and our citizens …

… by noting how much the region and people of Cambrai had suffered with shuttering of coal mines, steel mills and textile factories, and he urged the officials to pay particular attention …

… for a week of fasting and prayer for the environment because of the devastation that illegal mining, or "galamsey," is causing, including adversely affecting people's health and the economy. … down of cash crops on a massive scale, degrading of the land and polluting the rivers with mining chemicals like mercury, chlorine and cyanide, which kill aquatic life. "Our ecosystems are … gold mining, or galamsey. Environmentalists say their effects outweigh those of the larger mines. For instance, the mercury and heavy metals can contaminate drinking water and lead to …

… the last few years, the river has also provided an education: how to resist an international mining operation that they say contaminates the river in the name of development; how to confront … including a son who wound up spending almost two and a half years in jail for protesting the mining as part of the Guapinol 8 , a group whose 2019 arrests and long detentions drew … A mine emerges, a community responds …

… happening. So what can we do about it now? What can we do about the way Canadian and American mining companies behave overseas? This was something Sarah Augustine brings up in her book  The Land Is Not Empty  — why aren't churches sending missions to the banks and to the mining companies? Residential schools aren't even over. These things aren't over. They're still …

… a talk at St. Ignatius Church, located on the campus of the University of San Francisco. Mine is the first in a series of talks about the Second Vatican Council, and I will be sketching …

… their lives to a room full of retreatants, they panic. "I don't have a story worth sharing. Mine doesn't compare." They have in mind stories of loss and heartache and triumph over hardship … and lows of life, in all that is mundane and epic. You do that, right? You deal with life. Mining your experiences for those actions big and small reveal something of your character — and …

… winners in close elections is swing states is a lousy idea. No part of Europe loves its coal mines more, and resisted switching to sustainable energy more, than Poland. Now, with Russian oil …

… wrote a letter in August to legislators in support of the bill, which would reform mining laws in line with environmental justice principles. "We, from many faith-based … federal agencies to conduct meaningful consultations with tribal communities before permitting mining activities. It would also set new environmental standards, require mining companies to pay … like fossil fuel companies do, and force the mining industry to fund the cleanup of abandoned mines. "There hasn't been a bill about mining for like 150 years," said Lisa Sullivan, …

… safe space, as the Los Angeles Archdiocese makes clear in its statement. For example, "You Are Mine" (written by Haas, who allegedly used spiritual manipulation to sexually abuse and groom …

… For at least two generations of Catholic University of America students, including mine, that was the closest grocery store to campus. Who knew? The discussion about empire and …

… States as they seek to stop a private venture from turning the land into an underground copper mine. They’re doing so after a judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in August, called … with the transfer of Oak Flat to Resolution Copper, a company owned by the British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. It ruled that Apache Stronghold failed to show a substantial burden on … of having the case reheard signals the significance of this issue. Resolution Copper's mine, Apache Stronghold said, will swallow the site in a massive crater and render "longstanding …

… very wasteful. How true that is." I think the mind is a terrible thing, period. A friend of mine who has suffered three nervous breakdowns described them like this: "My brain was trying to …

… working with indigenous peoples to help them fight against the deforestation and destructive mining of the Amazon. "To me, women are already doing the work of deacons," she said. "Can the …