{"id":14077,"date":"2022-04-08T16:45:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T16:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=14077"},"modified":"2022-04-08T16:45:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T16:45:28","slug":"vatican-the-vatican-denounces-eacop-project-asks-governments-to-invest-in-environment-friendly-enterprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2022\/04\/08\/vatican-the-vatican-denounces-eacop-project-asks-governments-to-invest-in-environment-friendly-enterprises\/","title":{"rendered":"VATICAN: The Vatican Denounces EACOP Project, Asks Governments to Invest in Environment Friendly Enterprises"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sr. Jecinter Antoinette Okoth, FSSA<\/em><\/p>\n

The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (PIHD) has condemned the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) also known as Uganda\u2013Tanzania Crude Oil Pipeline (UTCOP), calling on the governments concerned to be considerate of \u201cour common home\u201d and invest in environment friendly projects that preserve the ecosystem.<\/p>\n

In a message shared with AMECEA online<\/em> Saturday, March 26, the leadership of the Dicastery of PIHD affirmed that \u201cthe Catholic Church stands with the people of Uganda and Tanzania in denouncing the EACOP project and asking the two governments to look into investing in projects that are in line with preserving and caring for our common home, the poor, and the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The coordinator of the Ecology and Creation Sector Fr. Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam highlighted that, \u201cthe earth and the poor in Uganda are crying out against EACOP, and if we want a peaceful, sustainable world, we must stop the EACOP and transition out of crude oil into renewable sources of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCatholic Social Teaching recognizes that climate change is a grave moral issue that threatens every living being in our common home,\u201d reads part of the Saturday message and it explains further, \u201cIt also has negative impacts on our efforts to protect human life, health, dignity, security, always with a preferential option for the poor, as well as the promotion of the common good of which the climate is a part; to live in subsidiarity and solidarity with current and future generations, to realise peace and to care for God\u2019s good gift of creation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Addressing members of multinational institutions who are supporting and promoting the use of coal, oil and gas in emerging countries in Africa and everywhere, Fr. Kureethadam stressed in the message: \u201cIt is high time that they divested these funds to the renewable sector. Renewable energy has the potential to drive big economies, create sustainable jobs and bring down the huge electricity bills brought by the overreliance on fossil fuels.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fr. Kureethadam underscored that the significant causes of climate change are \u201chuman-induced and mainly comprise the excessive and fast-paced consumption of fossil fuels energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Borrowing from Pope Francis\u2019 Encyclical Letter, Laudato Si\u2019<\/em><\/a> on care for our common home, the Rome-based cleric discloses that the goal of overuse and fast-paced way of life \u201care not geared towards the betterment of the common good or integral development and can become a source of anxiety, inflicting pain to both the poor and the common good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Uganda and Tanzania, our attention has been drawn to grave injustices awaiting the poor and creation through a proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline in the East African sub-region. The EACOP project is estimated to contribute up to 34 million tonnes of CO2 every year, adding to the already overburdened atmosphere,\u201d reads the Saturday message.<\/p>\n

Members of the Vatican Dicastery for PIHD are hopeful that all efforts, united together, have the potential of promoting the Laudato Si<\/em>\u2019<\/em> dialogue to every person.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe pray this unity leads to a change of heart so that the world stops the expansion of fossil fuel, biodiversity collapse, and the climate crisis,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

The EACOP is a proposed 1,445-kilometer pipeline that will transport oil from Hoima, Uganda to the port of Tanga in Tanzania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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