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Pope Francis expresses grief for the murder of Juan Antonio Lopez, a “founding member of the integral ecology pastoral care in Honduras”, and says he stands close to those responding to the cry of the poor and the earth.“I have learned with sorrow that Juan Antonio López, a delegate of the Word of God, coordinator of Social Pastoral Care in the Diocese of Trujillo, and founding member of the Integral Ecology Pastoral care in Honduras, was killed”, Pope Francis said.
“I stand close to those whose basic rights are trampled and to those who commit themselves to the common good in response to the cry of the poor and the earth,” he said.Juan Antonio López, a community leader in the city of Tocoa in northeastern Honduras, was gunned down on 14 September by an unidentified assailant as he was leaving Mass.
He has been among the leaders in years of struggle to turn back open-pit iron oxide mining, an industry that threatens the Guapinol and San Pedro river water the Lenca community relies on for drinking, fishing and agricultural needs.Catholic leaders across the region have expressed grief and outrage for his killing.
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