Ivory Coast bishops call on government to crack down on illegal mining
As the price of gold continues to soar, thousands of people in Ivory Coast are risking their lives in illegal mining operations in the West African country.
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by bcadmin | Nov 21, 2022 | Church in Africa, Ivory Coast, lead, Mining, News | 0 |
As the price of gold continues to soar, thousands of people in Ivory Coast are risking their lives in illegal mining operations in the West African country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 23, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Ghana, Mining, News | 0 |
Religious leaders called 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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Catholic Charities, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Japan, Maryknolls, Mining, New Mexico, News, religious sister | 0 |
Maryknoll Sister Rose Marie Cecchini never expected to spend so much of her ministry — and for such a lengthy period — helping the state’s tribal peoples deal with the literal fallout of uranium mining.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 22, 2022 | Catholic News Service, child labour, China, Church in Africa, Congo, human rights, Mining, News | 0 |
The current state of child labor and human rights violations in Congo’s mining sector “is particularly critical,” a Jesuit priest told a recent House hearing looking into accusations China is exploiting children in Africa.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 11, 2022 | Amazon, Church in the Americas, Laudato Si, lead, Mining, News, Peru, Pope Francis | 0 |
After at least 14 people were killed in a mining dispute in the Andean region of Arequipa, Peru’s bishops have assured their prayers for the victims and have urged local authorities step up their efforts in preventing further violence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 4, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Environment, Latin America, Mining, News, Peru | 0 |
Amid conflicts between mining companies and communities in Latin America, Catholics must stand with people whose lives and livelihoods are threatened by pollution and human rights violations, church workers said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 23, 2022 | Amazon region, Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Church in the Americas, Indigenous peoples, Jair Bolsonaro, lead, Mining, News | 0 |
As Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s allies in Congress try to pass a bill to allow mining operations in indigenous territories, Church organizations say it would adversely impact the environment and human rights in the South American country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 29, 2022 | Church in the Americas, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, indigenous communities, Latin America, lead, Mining, News, pontifical commission for latin america, Vatican | 0 |
Latin American communities “martyred” by mining came to Rome to describe their situation and discuss the care of the environment at the Vatican.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 27, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Laudato Si' Movement, Mining, News, Peru | 0 |
Father Carlos Campos knew he would face multiple challenges when he was appointed to run the principal church in Santiago de Chuco, in the mountains of northern Peru, but he never expected them to include physical threats.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 9, 2022 | Church in Asia, Church in India, India, lead, Mining, News | 0 |
A Catholic bishop in India has been arrested over illegal sand mining on diocesan land in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 20, 2020 | Catholic Church, Church in Africa, conflict minerals, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominicans, Interviews, lead, Mining, News | 0 |
Event though the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the richest sources of mineral wealth in the world, the people of the country remain among the globe’s poorest. Even worse, many of the miners are children, risking their lives to try and save their families from poverty.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 4, 2020 | Aung San Suu Kyi, Cardinal Charles Bo, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Mega mining, Mining, Myanmar, News, second | 0 |
MUMBAI, India – Myanmar’s top Catholic prelate called for “economic and ecological justice” after a mining accident killed at least 172 people in Hpakant the country’s Kachin state.
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