Catholic World News
Cardinal laments legal threat to tribal farmers
March 10, 2017
Cardinal Telesphore Toppo of Ranchi, India, lamented a proposed change in law that would threaten tribal farmers’ ownership of their land.
“The life of our people is linked inextricably with the forest, land and natural resources that have sustained us for generations,” he told AsiaNews. “Our tribal and poor people are in danger of losing the small property that they have at the expense of industrial, commercial and government projects.”
For all current news, visit our News home page.
Further information:
Sound Off! CatholicCulture.org supporters weigh in.
All comments are moderated. To lighten our editing burden, only current donors are allowed to Sound Off. If you are a current donor, log in to see the comment form; otherwise please support our work, and Sound Off!
