Amazon forest

Bishops vote for married priests, call developed world to repent for harming Amazon

By Thomas Reese — October 26, 2019
(RNS) — The bishops, under the leadership of Pope Francis, have once again found their prophetic voice, at least in the Amazon.

Saving Amazon rainforest requires change in Western lifestyles, say synod bishops

By Thomas Reese — October 22, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The West 'wants the Amazonian people to keep the forest,' said Bishop Karel Martinus Choennie of Suriname, 'but they don’t want to change their lifestyles, and that is the big contradiction.'

Synod appears to be moving toward ordination for married men in Amazon

By Thomas Reese — October 15, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — One participant reported that only a couple of the 185 assembled bishops spoke against the idea during the first week of the synod.

Amazonian bishops condemn attacks on rainforest and indigenous peoples

By Thomas Reese — October 10, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Amazonian bishops took the floor at the synod in Rome this week to describe their region's problems in urgent, even personal terms.

Controversy mixes with consensus as bishops gather for Amazon synod

By Thomas Reese — October 3, 2019
(RNS) — While disagreements in the synod may arise over how Catholicism is interpreted in the Amazon, the bishops of the synod will be largely united on the environment and justice issues.

As Amazon burns, Vatican prepares for summit on region’s sustainability

By Claire Giangravé — August 30, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Over the past year, the Vatican has collected a vast trove of information from some 87,000 researchers, clergy and other collaborators in the nine majority Catholic Amazonian countries.
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