Indonesian priest’s dramatic gesture highlights trash-management problem
November 21, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: In a flamboyant bid to draw attention to inadequate handling of trash in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, a Jesuit priest in full vestments lay down on top of a massive mound of garbage near his Jesuit residence.
Father Mutiara Andalas made his dramatic gesture in early October, but the resulting photo became an internet sensation a month later, forcing the country’s environment minister to acknowledge: “If waste management had been done properly, then such an unfortunate situation would not have occurred.”
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