The synod, which took place at the Vatican Oct. Oct. 6-27, addressed the challenges facing large dioceses with few resources to minister to Catholics in remote areas.
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Bishops call for audit of Bolivian election as protests become violent
“We are seeking a peaceful way to end this crisis” said Carlos Cordero, a political adviser for the Bolivian bishops’ conference.
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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.
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Confusion arises over T.P.S. for Salvadorans
It’s unclear what the announcement means when only the work permits have been extended.
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Pope Francis: The church must listen to ‘the cry of the poor’
The most important thing to emerge from the synod was the unequivocal commitment by the church to seek new ways to preach the Gospel and to promote justice and stand in solidarity with the Amazon’s 34 million inhabitants.
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In a meeting after the synod, Amazon governors support ‘green economy’
In a daylong meeting at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Oct. 28, the governors made short presentations about steps they are taking toward sustainable development and problems they face.
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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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As the Amazon Synod nears the end, a Brazilian bishop makes the case for women deacons
On the eve of the highly anticipated voting on the final document of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian Region, Bishop Evaristo Pascoal Spengler, O.F.M., of Marajó, Brazil, chose to focus his remarks at the daily Vatican press briefing on Oct. 25 on the synod’s discernment of an “official ministry” for women.
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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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Bolivian bishops urge transparency amid signs of electoral fraud
Bolivia’s bishops have called on electoral officials to “make transparent” the vote-counting process as protesters rioted in the South American country, alleging fraud in the presidential election.