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Catholic leaders warn of humanitarian, environmental tragedy in Amazon

Tue, 19 May 2020 08:43:05 -0400

LIMA, Peru -- Catholic leaders warn that as the coronavirus pandemic spreads into the Amazon basin, the region may face a "humanitarian and environmental tragedy."

Pope Francis plants tree in Vatican with Amazonians on feast of St. Francis

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:10:28 -0400

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis joined Amazonian church workers and indigenous people Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, to plant a tree in the Vatican Gardens.

Violence against indigenous in Brazil on the rise

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 09:43:30 -0400

SAO PAULO -- Less than two weeks before the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon was scheduled to begin at the Vatican, the Brazilian bishops' Indigenous Missionary Council reported that the number of indigenous land invasions and indigenous murdered in Brazil in 2018 soared.

Photos from the Amazon

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 14:11:28 -0400

Editorial: Amazon lessons

editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 09:48:26 -0400

When the Amazon suffers, the world suffers.

Catholics denounce attacks against Brazil's indigenous peoples in Amazon

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 08:22:19 -0400

SAO PAULO -- After denouncing the record number of wildfires in the Amazon in August and the growing deforestation of the region, the Brazilian Catholic Church is pressuring the government to guarantee the safety of several Amazonian indigenous peoples, alerting the authorities of the imminent risk of genocide in northern Brazil.

Pope Francis’ seventh year will be ‘synodal’, Vatican spokesman says

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:10:33 -0400

VATICAN – On the sixth anniversary of Pope Francis’ election Wednesday, the Vatican's chief spokesman said Francis will continue to lead the Church as a synodal “field hospital” in the year ahead.

Amazon synod to focus on climate change, not married priests, Peruvian cardinal says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 07:59:16 -0500

VATICAN CITY – The issue of married priests is something for the universal Catholic Church to discuss and is not the focus of the upcoming Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, said Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto Jimeno of Huancayo.

What Indigenous People of the Amazon want the Church to know

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 13:01:54 -0500

LETICIA, Colombia – Rafael Noteno Capinoa, a Kichwa Indian, worries about what could happen to the forest around his village on Peru's Napo River if an oil company begins drilling in the area.

Greed, thirst for profit threatens humanity, Vatican official says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 08:08:07 -0500

ROME – Left unchecked, unbridled greed and a thirst for profit leads down a slippery slope that endangers the earth and all who live on it, especially indigenous populations, a Vatican official said.