Territory is life, life is territory: what indigenous want church to know LETICIA, Colombia (CNS) — Rafael Noteno Capinoa, a Kichwa Indian, worries about what could happen to the forest around his village on Peru’s Napo River if an oil company begins drilling in the area. “The forest is where we are born, we grow up, we live, we die and are buried,” he said. “During our lifetime, we use what we find there.” (...) By Barbara J. Fraser Catholic News Service
Territory is life, life is territory: what indigenous want church to know LETICIA, Colombia (CNS) — Rafael Noteno Capinoa, a Kichwa Indian, worries about what could happen to the forest around his village on Peru’s Napo River if an oil company begins drilling in the area. “The forest is where we are born, we grow up, we live, we die and are buried,” he said. “During our lifetime, we use what we find there.” (...) By Barbara J. Fraser Catholic News Service
