Pan-Amazon synod
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.
Opponents of the pan-Amazon synod discard Catholic social doctrine
By Charles C. Camosy — July 5, 2019
(RNS) — The suggestion that 'ecology, economy, and politics' have nothing to do with the mission and mandate of the church is totally inconsistent with nearly 130 years of Catholic social doctrine.
Faith activists urge UN Environment Assembly to address human side of climate change
By Fredrick Nzwili — March 18, 2019
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Meeting at the fourth U.N. Environment Assembly, faith-based environmental activists said not enough was being done to address the social justice component of climate change.
Eyeing Amazon synod, Brazil accuses church of ‘leftist agenda’
By Eduardo Campos Lima — February 25, 2019
SAO PAOLO, Brazil (RNS) — The Brazilian president's security chief was quoted in a recent news story about the synod, saying, 'We are worried about it and want to neutralize it.'
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