Eight months after Amazonian church leaders met in Rome to discuss pastoral challenges, a new Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon was founded June 29 to carry on the synod's work. The new conference includes representing the ...
Pope Francis told a group of U.S. bishops that, like them, he is accused of not being courageous or not listening to the Holy Spirit when he says or does something someone disagrees with -- ...
Pope Francis said he dreams of an Amazon region where the rights of the poor and indigenous are respected, local cultures are preserved, nature is protected, and the Catholic Church is present and active ...
The Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region, held in Rome from Oct. 6-27, will focus on protecting the rainforest and affirming the human dignity of local and indigenous communities, among other topics. This is ...
Mauricio Lopez of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network says synod will encourage the “perspective that Western culture is not the only one in which Jesus can be present.” The Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region ...
Before members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon began packing their bags for the synod assembly at the Vatican Oct. 6-27, a variety of groups were announcing side events.
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.
Pope Francis is willing to consider ordaining married indigenous leaders, but is it worth the trouble?
The Catholic Church must find ways to reach indigenous Catholics deprived of the sacraments in the most remote areas of the Amazon rainforest, and that may include ordaining married elders, said the working document for ...
The news that Pope Francis has set in motion the planning for an assembly of the Synod of Bishops dealing with the Amazon region next year may not strike most U.S. Catholics as a matter ...
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