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Amazon synod should lead to ‘ecological conversion’

Nov 02, 2019

The Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Ama- zonian region’s final document “should be very strong” on ecological issues, said Cardinal Jean Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg.
Christians must shun self-worship

Nov 02, 2019

Poor people from the Amazon have shown that God’s creation must be treated “not as a resource to be exploited but as a home to be preserved, with trust in God,” Pope Francis said.
Amazon Synod: Cardinal Gracias sees similarities between Amazonia and India

Oct 26, 2019

Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias is a Synod Father appointed by Pope Francis to the October 6-27 Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region. In an interview to Vatican News, he looks at the Synod and its issues from the Indian perspective.
Synod on Amazonia highlights Latin American experience

Oct 26, 2019

The debates at the Synod of Bishops’ special assembly on Amazonia show how, since the election of Pope Francis, the solid Latin American ecclesial tradition has found its place in the Catholic Church.
Amazonia: Gift and challenge (Part III)

Oct 12, 2019

This meeting of the Synod has the potential to be a powerful influence on the future life of the Church.
Synod document is to aid discussion, not be Church teaching

Oct 12, 2019

Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes said the working document for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is not official Church teaching but, rather, a way for bishops to listen to the local Church’s concerns.
Amazonia: Gift and challenge (Part II)

Oct 05, 2019

This is the second of a four-part series before the Synod of Bishops’ Oct 6-27 special assembly on the PanAmazonian region that will discuss the theme New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology.
Vatican releases list of participants for Synod on the Amazon

Oct 05, 2019

The Vatican has published the list of participants for the Special Assembly of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region, which will be held Oct 6 to 27.
Amazonia: The gift and the challenge (Part I)

Sep 28, 2019

Amazonia is a major source of the oxygen that drives physical life on the planet. It is possible that very soon we will be thanking Amazonia for spiritual refueling as well.
Attacks against Pope Francis are aimed at influencing the next conclave

Sep 28, 2019

“The attacks against Pope Francis in the church today” are “a fight between those who want the church dreamed of by the Second Vatican Council and those who do not want this,” Arturo Sosa, the Superior General of the Jesuits, stated at the Foreign Press Association in Rome on Sept. 16.