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Ethiopian cardinal says he hopes peace agreement will end war
… a permanent cease-fire, which includes cessation of covert and overt violence, laying of land mines, sabotage and airstrikes. The agreement mandates the government to provide humanitarian aid …
Ahead of COP27, faith leaders back global treaty to end the use of fossil fuels
… 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 …
The outcast
… 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 …
Showing love, mercy are key to entering heaven, pope says on All Souls' Day
… "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 …
Indigenous, church activists fear Amazon's destruction if Bolsonaro is reelected
… 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 …
Change is not easy in the Catholic Church, whether Vatican II or Pope Francis
… 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, …
Catholic groups give Bolsonaro poor marks on Brazil social programs
… 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 …
JD Vance and Tim Ryan, two very different Catholics, vie for power in Ohio
… 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 …
Pope urges French politicians to reject euthanasia
… 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 …
'Ecological disaster': Religious leaders want end to Ghana's illegal mines
… 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 …
'We cannot exist if we lose the water': In Honduras, a community resists a mine polluting the Río Guapinol
… 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 … she said. "Now, when I go to the river, I feel my chest swell, like I'm not free." … A mine emerges, a community responds … About a decade ago, Inversiones Los Pinares, formerly the …