The construction of an oil pipeline under a river that supplies drinking water to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe has created a 19th-century-style showdown over territorial lands and treaty rights.

"We don’t want terrorists obtaining green cards and citizenship through marriage.”

"The cradle of civilizations and the birthplace of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the Middle East has become the theater of incredible brutality," said Archbishop Bernardito Auza.

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Deforestation, pollution, overfishing and the illegal wildlife trade, together with climate change, "are pushing species populations to the edge.”