Clarification - Open Pit Mining and the VaticanWhy would the Vatican have any leverage on the approval of EO 130 IRR (lifting of open pit mining ban)? Because - "The Philippines proudly boasts to be the only Christian nation in Asia. More than 86 percent of the population is Roman Catholic.
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2021-04/philippines-caritas-bishops-against-lifting-ban-mining.html