At an Apache sacred site in Arizona, Chi’chil Bildagoteel—known in English as Oak Flat—Catholic sisters joined Apache elders and youth this year, on July 18 through 20, for a weekend of prayer and peaceful demonstration for Oak Flat’s protection against the threat of becoming a copper mine. Surrounded by ancient oak trees, the nine sisters […] The post Nuns stand with Apache activists, as sacred ground is threatened appeared first on U.S. Catholic.
