Philippine Bishops Vow to Refuse Mining Firm Donations

UCANews ^ | 1/31/22 | Joseph Peter Calleja

[marshmallow]

Prelates call for unified effort in the fight against climate change

Catholic leaders in the Philippines have vowed never to accept donations from exploitative industries such as mining as part of their efforts to fight climate change.

The vow came in a Jan. 28 pastoral letter issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

They said that church leaders should lead by example in fighting for a greener environment.

“We continue to suffer in an increasingly warming world with an ailing biosphere triggered by exploitative practices that benefit the wealthy few but cause poverty and hunger to many,” the letter said.

One course of action the CBCP could take was to initiate a “non-acceptance policy” of donations from mining firms in the Philippines, it added.

The bishops also vowed to withdraw Catholic Church investment in corporations linked to mining and any activities that contributed to environmental degradation.

“Through efforts by many members of the Church and civil society, we are now more aware that many of the financial institutions in whom we place our trust have been instrumental in the rise of fossil fuels as well as other destructive and exploitative industries like mining and logging,” the bishops said.

“It is unacceptable that finances so graciously provided to us are used for such industries. Financial resources must be used solely for the common good, integrity of creation and the glory of our creator.”

[Tell It Right]

Climate change will happen in an eternal sense. It’s called “Hell”.

[piasa]

This will only help China, which will pick up the slack and pollute every bit as much, if not more.

[dvan]

My gosh! I guess they haven’t gotten any snow there?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Who in the Catholic church there wrote this dribble - Cardinal Marx?

[MDLION]

It’s the peasants who pay for the warped priorities of the elites. Higher gas prices, more to heat your home, more for food because it costs more to transport it. God gave us dominion over the earth. Early in “The Gospel Of Life” John Paul also condemned the error that man isn’t allowed to use the resources from the earth to make his life more advanced and easier. He warned against the temptation to virtually divinize the earth. This dual/both line of thinking, which came right after he wrote it is wrong to have no regard for the air we have to breathe and the water we drink, seems to be totally lost under Francis. And who mistreats the earth? Godless Communists, materialists like the ones in China who have no regard for human life.