Vatican launches campaign for divestment from mining industries

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The Vatican has launched a campaign that urges Catholic institutions to divest from mining and align investments with church ecology teaching. Vatican officials on Friday linked the effort to Pope Francis’ 2015 environmental letter, which criticizes resource extraction that harms poor and Indigenous communities.

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