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A US appeals court ruling could allow mine development on Oak Flat, land sacred to Apaches
… Press … An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona suffered a significant blow March 1 when a divided federal … the transfer of land for the project. The Apache Stronghold organization has hoped to halt the mining project by preventing the U.S. government from transferring the land called Oak Flat to … support in nearby Superior and other traditional mining towns in the area for a new copper mine and the income and jobs it could generate. An environmental impact survey for the project …
Collapse of illegal gold mine puts focus on needs of Venezuela's Indigenous people
… Manuel Rueda … OSV News … Miners were still being evacuated over a week after a Venezuelan gold mine collapsed Feb. 20, killing at least 16 miners and leaving hundreds without work. Local … from the Bulla Loca gold mine located in a remote pocket of southern Venezuela, where illegal mining has grown rapidly since 2016. However, Cranes noted that many villagers want the mine to …
Sundance film 'Eternal You' examines AI, death and intensity of human grief
… be death that's the issue, but how poorly we deal with grief. I had no idea what to do with mine, and neither did anyone else around me. My friends grew weary of listening to me tell them …
Islamic scholars call Muslim nations to cut fossil fuels, echoing 'Laudato Si' '
… ecosystems, with the starkest threats being biodiversity loss and climate change. Global mining of fossil fuels for energy has gouged the land and filled the atmosphere with …
Catholics must have religious liberty to 'meet migrants' basic human needs,' bishops say
… to fulfill the fundamental biblical call: 'whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.' " …
Muckraker Meg Kissinger searches out her family's past in her memoir
… the reader learn about one's self." A memoir, as Smith stressed, has to have an argument. "Mine was that shame is toxic and can kill you," Kissinger said. "I see now that I could not have …
5 takeaways from God's unfolding story of love
… The story of God's people is still being told, and we are now the chosen people. Your part and mine in this great story is crucial. How will you respond to the invitation to find your soul's …
For better liturgy the synod calls for, revisit English translations for Mass
… became so bitter and violent that pagan soldiers arrested both men and sent them to the tin mines of Sardinia. After the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), the Catholic Church began …
Catholic agencies work to address Zimbabwe's deadly cholera outbreak
… in February 2023, with cases rapidly spreading across the country's districts, cities and some mining towns. As of Jan. 31, Zimbabwe had recorded 71 confirmed deaths from cholera and 416 …
New book asks: Where have all the Democrats gone?
… side of the divide are the small towns and midsize cities that have depended on manufacturing, mining and farming." Most of these areas have never recovered from the factory closings of the …
Candidates for Catholic men's religious orders increasingly diverse
… hear from. Part of it is that their lives are so much more complicated and distracting than mine was," said Schatz, who is 70. Men are concerned about whether they are entering a …
Michael Sean Winters on partisan prayer breakfasts
… think to ask about the appropriateness of having CatholicVote as a sponsor? The organization mined cellphone data from unsuspecting Catholics attending Mass through a controversial tactic … setting up a voter registration table at a coffee klatch after Mass, in which no one's data is mined without their knowledge. Geofencing is intrusive and creepy. What about the sponsorship of …
Catholic sisters in rural Zimbabwe promote environmental awareness
… that have led to the deaths of hundreds of elephants, deforestation and illegal artisanal mining gangs , authorities struggle to address what they say has become a troubling environmental …
Across the country, houses of worship are going solar
… gave the church two panels they didn't know what to do with. "I contacted a cousin of mine who works in alternative energy, and I said, 'Hey, send me to someplace where I can do …
Pope: Christians must rekindle hope in fighting today's forms of slavery
… child labor, according to the International Labor Office. Some 40,000 of them are working in mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, extracting coltan, which is needed in making …
Church urges environmental discussion amid record drought in Amazon
… pollutants grows — especially pesticides thrown in the water by farms and heavy metals used in mining operations," he said last year. According to Márcia Miranda, a Caritas coordinator in the … existence." In Humaitá, River Madeira has been continually polluted by the chemicals used in mining operations. The intense circulation of boats also results in more pollution, with oil and …
Guatemala offers hope to a world where democracy is threatened
… to organize themselves and as they organize they stand up against the exploitation of the mining companies," she said, referring to clashes between mostly Indigenous communities and mining companies over land use and environmental issues. "It is amazing. How is it possible that …
In 'Preaching Racial Justice,' Black Catholics shed ecumenical light on growing need
… have stood in time or have been erected in prayer and memoriam. Heille’s testimony mirrored mine, as this experience seemed to have had just as profound an impact on me as it did on him. …
Louisiana Bishop Mario Dorsonville dies unexpectedly at age 63
… your kindness in welcoming me to this great state of Louisiana. It is your home and now it is mine too. I realize that a new chapter of my life has begun, knowing that the book gets better as …
In South America's 'Lithium Triangle,' Indigenous people defend sacred sites
… to protest a change in Jujuy's provincial constitution that they say will make it easier for mining companies to extract lithium from the Indigenous community's land. Their extended stay in … the Congress and the presidential administration before they were forced out. "There are some mining projects already in progress, and others getting government authorization. We'll keep … Bolivia and Argentina that contains huge lithium reserves. Over the past decade, international mining companies have disputed local regulations and property rights, aiming to free up access to …