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Amazon Synod: 'For the 1st time the indigenous are the subjects of their own history'

Oct 18, 2019

Missionary Father Peter Hughes, says the Amazon Synod is finally giving the people of the Amazon the occasion to make their voices heard and to engage all of us in caring for our Common Home.
Voices of the Synod: Bishop Lionel Gendron

Oct 18, 2019

Bishop Lionel Gendron, P.S.S., says both the Church and the world need a change of heart.
Voices of the Synod: Bishop Choennie, Suriname

Oct 18, 2019

The Bishop of Paramaribo in Suriname highlights the need for an ecological conversion and stresses the important role of women in the Church
Pope’s Message for World Food Day: Wasting the bread of the poor

Oct 17, 2019

Pope Francis sends a message to the FAO Director General, Qu Dongyu, for World Food Day, expressing his concern for the “distorted relationship between food and nutrition”.
Pope at Audience: An evangelizer should not impede God’s creativity

Oct 17, 2019

Pope Francis in his General Audience of Wednesday, focuses on the experience of St. Peter in the Acts of the Apostles to urge Christians to allow themselves to be amazed by God’s surprises and creativity with which He makes Himself known as the "Lord of all".
Amazon Synod Press Briefing: The spiritual dynamic of the Synod

Oct 17, 2019

At the Synod for the Amazon on Wednesday, participants continued their discussions in small groups, as the assembly reached its halfway point.
Voices of the Synod: Bishop Malzaire, Dominica

Oct 17, 2019

Bishop Malzaire says that no one is exempt from the effects of climate change and that Bishops have a responsibility to address the issue not only for the Amazon but for the world.
Synod Day 8: Leaving room for the abundant outpouring of the Spirit

Oct 16, 2019

Pope Francis attended the 12th and final General Congregation of the Synod of Bishops on Tuesday afternoon. There were 173 Synod Fathers present. On Wednesday morning, Synod participants return to working in the small language groups. Their work will be presented to the assembly on Thursday afternoon, 17 October.
Pope at Mass: Learn to point the finger at yourself, to be freed of hypocrisy

Oct 16, 2019

Reflecting on the reading during his daily Mass at the Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis says that hypocrisy kills, and that learning to accuse ourselves and to open up to the Lord can cure us of it.
Amazon Synod: The need for a permanent episcopal Pan-Amazonian structure

Oct 16, 2019

The 11th General Congregation of the Special Synod for the Amazon Region on the theme “Amazonia: New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology”