The needs of Native Americans during the pandemic are of special concern and humanitarian agencies such as Doctors Without Borders are alerting everyone to that fact.
Indigenous peoples
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Bishops in Amazon urge Peru to guard indigenous needs during pandemic
The needs of the indigenous peoples in South America are especially urgent during this time of pandemic and eight bishops of Peru’s Amazon region are pointing this out.
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Catholic missionaries warn that Brazil’s indigenous people are at high risk from coronavirus
“As long as they remain in their territories, they can be somewhat safe. But their reservations must be closed to non-indigenous persons.”
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The Guyanese school educating indigenous children in their native language
Indigenous primary school students grow up speaking one of several different indigenous languages of the interior of Guyana but when they begin school they encounter a system based on an English-language framework, referencing a culture and experiences they do not share.
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Was there a coup in Bolivia? After Evo Morales, what’s next?
Was Mr. Morales’s departure from La Paz the result of a coup? Or was the president’s removal the result of a more or less defensible process?
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Seeing God’s presence at a high school in Micronesia
The accusations of paganism and idolatry at the Synod on the Amazon sent a troubling message about the universality of the church, writes Mary McAuliffe, a teacher at a Jesuit school in the Pacific.
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Indigenous peoples are filling in the gaps in our Catholic faith
One of the richest philosophical traditions in human history has been ignored and even systematically persecuted: the broad family of indigenous philosophies.
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Brazil’s indigenous are fighting environmental exploitation. The church needs to stand in solidarity.
Foreign-owned mining companies are threatening the lands of indigenous peoples in the Amazon, writes Luke Stocking of Caritas Canada. Four Mura villages are part of a test case of more responsible business practices.
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Pope Francis criticizes cultural discrimination that surfaced during Amazon synod
“There are circles and sectors that present themselves as ilustrados (enlightened) — they sequester the proclamation of the gospel through a distorted reasoning that divides the world between ‘civilized’ and ‘barbaric,’” Francis said. “On this basis, contempt can develop for people considered to be second rate,” he said, adding that “all this also emerged during the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.”
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Brazil’s Indigenous Missionary Council blames government for murder
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been recorded several times stating that he does not agree with the number and size of indigenous territories.