The first step against water privatization: “Vote YES!”

12.04.2011

Cipax (The Interfaith Center for Peace) makes an appeal, to the men and women of all the Italian religious congregations, which deals with water, an element central to life on our planet, but also a symbolic element that is central to all religious faiths. Translated from Italian by Fr. Dennis Conwa

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