The prelate rallied behind the residents who, according to him, just want to assert their rights and protect their environment
If they will prevent rivers from flowing, it will have negative effect on the environment, most especially those residing near Agos river
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For 10 consecutive years, the Philippines has been identified by Global Witness as the “worst place in Asia” for environmental activists.
Climate activists and communities from the Global South demanded debt relief, economic reform, and climate justice
“We will not stop until our missing environmental defenders and other victims of enforced disappearances are surfaced.”
The pontiff stressed the role of religions in promoting compassion, empathy, and responsibility toward the planet and its inhabitants.
“You help us to appreciate and carefully cultivate what we Christians consider to be God’s creation, the fruit of His benevolent design”