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Peru’s cardinal-designate received death threats for speaking out against pollution
May 29, 2018
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CWN Editor's Note: Archbishop Pedro Barreto, SJ, “was not afraid to risk his life at times when he had to denounce and oppose powerful interests on issues related to mining companies,” said the executive secretary of the Pan-Amazonian Church Network.
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