Amazon synod

Aid to the Church in Need offers COVID relief to Congo’s nuns, priests
- Aug 3, 2020
For over 20 years, eastern Congo been beset by war and conflict, with rival gangs fighting for control over the region’s rich mineral resources. While other aid organizations and NGOs have fled the area as a result of rising insecurity, religious sisters have remained.

By Crux Staff
US Catholics respond to Pope’s ‘challenging’ Amazon document
- Feb 15, 2020
The pope’s highly anticipated apostolic exhortation on the Amazon has sparked a variety of responses from Catholics around the United States.

By Nick Mayrand
Pope ducks debates over married priests, women deacons in Amazon doc
- Feb 12, 2020
Pope Francis’s highly anticipated document on the Amazon, released on Wednesday, bypasses two hot-button issues looming over its publication.

By Christopher White and Inés San Martín

Controversial ‘Pachamama thief’ goes on U.S. tour
- Nov 19, 2019
The individual responsible for stealing the “Pachamama” statues from a Roman church last month is currently on tour in the U.S.

By Christopher White

Activist says idea of ‘ecological sin’ boils down to, ‘We consume too much’
- Nov 4, 2019
The director of Jubilee USA Network wants the pope’s ecological and economic messages from the Amazon Synod to get more attention.

By Christopher White
Pope Francis using synods to ‘build consensus’ in Church, participant says
- Oct 30, 2019
Sister Nathalie Becquart believes Pope Francis is using synods to gradually build consensus and preserve Church unity.

By Christopher White
Amazon governors, meeting after synod, support ‘green economy’
- Oct 29, 2019
Governors from eight Amazonian states in Brazil and Peru meeting at the Vatican agreed that the Amazon is threatened and called for a “green economy” that would allow people to generate income without destroying the forest.

By Barbara Fraser
“Pachamama” has become the new Catholic insider “Who am I to judge?”
- Oct 29, 2019
“Pachamama” has become the new insider Catholic version of “Who am I to judge?”, meaning a single word or phrase which, immediately upon utterance in front of another Catholic, whatever comes across their face will tell you everything you need to know about where he or she stands.

By John L. Allen Jr.