Indigenous peoples
Pope Francis punts on married priests
By Thomas Reese — February 13, 2020
(RNS) — Francis appears to have feared splitting the church over the question of celibacy.
Day of the Dead: From Aztec goddess worship to modern Mexican celebration
By Kirby Farah — October 28, 2019
(The Conversation) — While Halloween has its origins in Christian tradition, Day of the Dead is a mix of a thriving indigenous culture and the religion of its 16th-century conquerers.
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.
Decision time begins for Amazon bishops as synod enters final week
By Thomas Reese — October 19, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The synod's final recommendations to the pope could have profound impact not only on the Amazon but the entire church.
Working groups at the Vatican’s Amazon synod push for married clergy
By Claire Giangravé — October 18, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The groups considered everything from the ordination of women as deacons to the creation of a separate rite for the region.
Bishops worry divisions on ‘details’ at synod distract from big picture
By Claire Giangravé — October 16, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The specific challenges faced by Amazonia's indigenous people are already being sidelined by conversations about married priests.
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.
2/3 of Amazon bishops support married priests, says Brazil bishop
By Claire Giangravé — October 9, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — According to one Brazilian bishop attending the Vatican summit on the Amazon region, a majority of Brazilian bishops are in favor of allowing the ordination of married men to the priesthood.
Synod for the Amazon about more than married priests
By Thomas Reese — September 17, 2019
(RNS) — For Pope Francis, the Amazon is important because it touches on so many themes of his papacy: concern for the marginalized, evangelization and protection of the environment.
In Hawaii, ‘protectors’ fight telescope project with prayer
By Jack Jenkins — September 5, 2019
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (RNS) — Demonstrators have flocked to this mountain to stop construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope for reasons that are partly environmental and partly religious.
Why do the Covington Catholic kids get the benefit of the doubt?
By Laura Turner — January 25, 2019
(RNS) — The national conversation about the confrontation at the Lincoln Memorial should always have been how we treat Native Americans, older people, and the marginalized, not whether a white kid got a bad rap in the media.
Catholic school apologizes after clip emerges of students mocking Native Americans
By Jack Jenkins — January 19, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'They're just responding to a president that is giving license to racists and bigots who have no place in our society,' a Native American activist said.
Pope to indigenous: Amazon is ‘heart of the church’
By Yonat Shimron — January 19, 2018
PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru (AP) — Francis said it was "essential" for governments and other institutions to consider tribes as legitimate partners whose rights, cultures, languages and traditions must be respected and recovered.
Pope in Chile to say Mass on contested land used for torture
By Yonat Shimron — January 17, 2018
TEMUCO, Chile (AP) — The Argentine pope is particularly attuned to indigenous issues and hopes to use his weeklong trip to Chile and Peru to put the issue on the global agenda.
Pope courts indigenous Mexicans as Catholic fervor fades
By Reuters — February 15, 2016
The pope, at a Mass in Chiapas, quoted a sacred Mayan text and drew comparisons between Catholic and indigenous values.
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