Catholics lead protests against mining, oil drilling in Ecuadorian Amazon (National Catholic Reporter)
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“Large-scale mining endeavors are something new,” said Bishop José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, OFM Cap, the vicar apostolic of Aguarico (map). “During the COVID-19 pandemic, illegal miners opened roads in the forest and brought heavy machines. We counted at least 200 backhoes.”
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