Pope Francis: ‘We must listen to Indigenous Peoples to address climate crisis’:

“Meeting a group of Indigenous delegates on 10 February attending the 6th Global Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples Forum , Pope Francis has urged governments and the international community to respect the cultures, dignity and rights of Indigenous Peoples, acknowledging their crucial role in helping address the current global environmental crisis.
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In his address, the Pope said:
“We should listen more to indigenous peoples and learn from their way of life to properly understand that we cannot continue to greedily devour natural resources, because ‘the Earth was entrusted to us in order that it be mother for us, capable of giving to each one what is necessary to live’. Therefore, the contribution of indigenous peoples is essential in the fight against climate change.”
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Source: Vatican News
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View related Video on 'Ecological Conscience'
View Video from Oceania Region produced for Dicastery Project by Adele in 2022 which brings together Indigenous People's Voices with key issues and questions about the environmental crisis and the need to listen and learn to their wisdom.  Pope Francis has spoken about this in Rome today, February 10, 2023. (see above article)

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