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Pope Francis on the Vatican finance scandal and the dual threats of violence and nuclear power
Pope Francis faced questions regarding Vatican finances arising from recent events that have provoked concern about the possibility of mismanagement of the Peter’s Pence charity and on nuclear weapons, power and war.
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Pope Francis: Catechism will be updated to define ecological sins
Pope Francis said there are plans to include a definition of ecological sins in the church’s official teaching.
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Top five takeaways from the Amazon synod
What were the results of the Amazon synod?
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Pope Francis says success in protecting ozone layer offers lessons for the future
The pope’s message was addressed to those attending a meeting of state parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
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Mount St. Mary’s students and sisters among thousands threatened by California wildfires
The convent lost power and generators were put into place as backup. A fire department captain told local media that the sisters, some of whom were on oxygen, were scared but in good spirits. “We joked with them a little bit…. They are a great bunch of ladies.”
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Bishop McElroy on the Amazon’s ecological crisis and what’s next for the women’s diaconate
Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego spoke with America on Oct. 27, the day it ended, and shared his reflections on the main topics addressed by the synod and the proposals made in its final document.
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‘Our common home is at risk,’ says Mexico’s Cardinal Aquiar Retes at Amazon synod
The Mexican cardinal said “integral ecology” and the need for “ecological conversion” have been central points of the synod. “We all agreed that the church should be a factor for wakening consciences to care for the common home,” he said.
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Cardinal Ambongo: The Congo faces similar problems to the ones we see in the Amazon
The cardinal expects the synod’s final document to highlight the different levels of “responsibility towards Mother Earth, towards the natural environment, and on this we are all in agreement. What is said of Amazonia is also true of the Congo basin.”
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What the Catholic Church is doing to protect the Amazon in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Rainforests are not the only things under threat in the Amazon region. There has also been an uptick in violence against native peoples: land invasions, illegal exploitation of natural resources and damage caused by invaders of indigenous lands went from 96 in 2017 to 109 in 2018.