We pray for our Mother Earth and the people who are affected by mineral and oil extraction. In Uganda, the French fossil fuel company TotalEnergies’ had planned an oil pipeline in East Africa that has devastated thousands of people’s livelihoods in the country, displacing over 100.000 people. The delays and inadequate compensation are causing food insecurity and lack of income for the families, who are mostly farmers. In Ecuador, authorities confirmed that an oil spill into the Pacific, contaminating 4 km of oceanfront in Las Palmas Beach.