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September 6, 2019

Brazilian Archbishops Denounce Amazon Fires
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In Brazil, Roman Catholic leaders are condemning a massive series of
fires raging in the Amazon, adding to pressure against far-right
President Jair Bolsonaro to stop illegal miners, farmers and ranchers
from destroying rainforest critical to slowing the climate crisis.
Speaking with The Guardian, Archbishop Erwin Kräutler called the fires a
"true apocalypse," while Archbishop Roque Paloschi warned of the risk of
genocide against indigenous people defending their forests against
illegal fires.


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