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Fall River launches initiative to prioritize the well-being of priests

Amazon

(Credit: Associação e Fraternidade São Francisco de Assis na Providência de Deus.)

A third hospital boat in the Amazon to be launched on Dec. 7

Dec 5
Eduardo Campos Lima

A meeting on the Church in the Amazon region took place in Manaus, Brazil, Aug. 19-22. (Credit: Brazilian Bishops' Conference.)

Amazonian Church discusses new rite, finance, and participation of women

Aug 23
Eduardo Campos Lima

Pope Francis meets with members of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) and the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM) at the Vatican on Monday, June 3, 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Top Amazon cardinal says murder of environmental activists a key concern

Jun 5
Elise Ann Allen

Security agents use a tractor to try to disperse landless occupiers of a disputed farm in the Brazilian Amazon on May 27. (Credit: Comissão Pastoral da Terra.)

Priest arrested during landless occupation of a farm in Brazil’s Amazon

Jun 3
Eduardo Campos Lima

Members of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference’s Integral Ecology and Mining Commission visit the Ka’apor Indigenous people in the Amazon region in December 2023. (Credit: Courtesy of Gilderlan Rodríguez.)

Church denounces threats to Brazilian Indigenous in Amazon

Mar 14
Eduardo Campos Lima

A year after heart-breaking images, Brazil bishops say indigenous still suffer

Feb 1
Eduardo Campos Lima

LatAm bishops link Amazon wildfires to deforestation, assaults on Indigenous

Dec 20, 2023
Eduardo Campos Lima

Brazil Catholics demand accountability for illegal mining

Feb 16, 2023
Eduardo Campos Lima

Peruvian bishops urge prayer, action as mining clash turns deadly

Jun 11, 2022
Elise Ann Allen

Spanish start-up aims to be Amazon of online sales for contemplatives

Oct 17, 2021
Inés San Martín