Describing the Amazon rainforest as “vital for our planet,” Pope Francis joined the regions bishops in praying for action to extinguish the massive fires burning there.
Synod on the Amazon
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Latin American bishops sound the alarm: “If the Amazon suffers, the world suffers”
A record number of wildfires and the rapid deforestation of the Amazon are prompting Latin American bishops to plead for international action, writes America’s correspondent in Brazil, Eduardo Campos Lima.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis warns against ‘us first’ ideologies, previews Amazon synod
In a wide-ranging interview, Pope Francis warned of “sovereignism” as a force that leads to isolation and even war, and he discussed the ecological imperatives of the Synod on the Amazon.
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Brazilian Jesuit: Amazon synod is not about a ‘return to paganism’
Jesuit Father Adelson Araujo dos Santos told Catholic News Service that being open to what indigenous cultures and spiritualities can teach about caring for “our common home” has “nothing to do with a return to paganism, nor does it deny the centrality of Christ and of humanity in the history of salvation.”
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What would married priests in the Amazon region mean for the church?
This week on Inside the Vatican, we take a look at a new document prepared for the synod on the Amazon region, which officially introduces the possibility of ordaining married men.