Bryan Christy

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Raid on Vatican, Abruzzo Ivory Shops, Religious Statues Seized

October 29, 2012 Bryan Christy

Forestry Department officials in Italy have just raided ivory shops in Vatican City and Abruzzo, seizing ivory religious sculptures.  Here is a google translate of the press release: These are artifacts representing religious subjects made of elephant ivory. The cost of … [Read more...]

Blog Post, Ivory Abruzzo, Catholic, CITES, Corpo Forestale, elephant, ivory, religion, Vatican

Pope Petition Proffered

October 15, 2012 Bryan Christy

"Ari P." from Canada in response to Blood Ivory: Ivory Worship has launched this online petition to Pope Benedict XVI calling upon Vatican City to sign the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and end the use of ivory in religious carvings. Now would … [Read more...]

Blog Post, Ivory avaaz.org, Catholics, CITES, elephants, ivory, ivory trade, Petition, religion, Vatican

Blood Ivory: Ivory Worship on PBS NewsHour

October 12, 2012 Bryan Christy

My interview tonight on PBS NewsHour with Hari Sreenivasan: … [Read more...]

Blog Post, Ivory Hari Sreenivasan, ivory, ivory trade, National Geographic, PBS, religion

“How pious Catholics finance African wars”

October 8, 2012 Bryan Christy

Here's some news from CatholicOnline, "How pious Catholics finance African wars."  An excerpt: ....Without realizing it, many Christians, particularly Catholics in Africa and Asia, are praying for peace, praying for the environment, praying for so many good things-all while … [Read more...]

Blog Post, Ivory Catholic, ivory, Marshall Connolly, religion

Is the Church Tossing Out Environmental Opportunity?

September 27, 2012 Bryan Christy

With all of the opportunity for good Blood Ivory represents for people in Africa (and the Philippines), not to mention for elephants, it is disconcerting that the archbishop of Cebu believes that my exposing the ivory trade results from anti-church "bias." The Archbishop … [Read more...]

Blog Post, Ivory cebu, Cristobal Garcia, elephant, ivory, jose s. palma, religion, Vatican

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