Posts Tagged ‘rainforest’

A Passionist Martyr of Justice, Fr. Carl Schmitz, CP

In February of 2005 Sr. Dorothy Stang, SND was martyred by two men in Brazil. She worked tirelessly protecting an indigenous community in the Amazon forest and protecting the rainforest from the ecological devastation of deforestation. The local indigenous community had been intimidated by wealth ranchers and logging companies that wanted to destroy this essential ... Read more