POPE FRANCIS MAKING A PUBLIC POLITICAL STAND AGAINST THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE?

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Channel: Real Thing TV · 2017 · News & Politics

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WHAT IS POPE FRANCIS DOING MAKING A PUBLIC POLITICAL STAND AGAINST THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE?
Pope Francis spoke two days after a U.S. federal judge denied a request by tribes to halt construction of the final link of the project that sparked months of protests by activists aimed at stopping the 1,170-mile Dakota Access Pipeline.
POPE FRANCIS APPEARED ON WEDNESDAY TO BACK NATIVE AMERICANS SEEKING TO HALT PART OF THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE, SAYING INDIGENOUS CULTURES HAVE A RIGHT TO DEFEND “THEIR ANCESTRAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE EARTH”.

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