Report bishops who get donations from mining companies, says CBCP

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The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines vows ‘not to accept donations from individuals and companies involved in businesses that are destructive to the environment’

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“If you know of any bishop or diocese that is probably accepting donations from specific businesses or industries that you know to be involved in businesses that are destructive of the environment or extractive mining, you can bring them to our attention, because the individual bishop might not be aware of it,” said CBCP president Bishop Pablo Virgilio David.

The CBCP president made this appeal at the end of the bishop conference’s 128th plenary assembly in Cagayan de Oro City, the first time that their highest-level meetingDavid reiterated a previous commitment by the CBCP “to divest from financial institutions that are involved in businesses that are destructive to the environment, such as extractive mining and anti-life industries.” The Filipino bishops aim to achieve this by 2025.

David, who was seated beside Alminaza during the press conference, later clarified that Alminaza “is using the word ‘our’ in a corporate sense because they are not our personal investments as bishops,” but “are the

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