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Amazon prelate floats alternative to married clergy: Send some Roman priests home
- Amazon synod
- Oct 16, 2019
Rather than ordaining married men, a Venezuelan bishop said, another idea is that he bring some of the surfeit of priests who clog the streets of the Eternal City back with him to the rainforest.
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God in all things: Synod looks at indigenous ‘theology of creation’
- Amazon synod, Catholic News Service
- Oct 11, 2019
By demanding respect for the cultures of indigenous peoples, Pope Francis was not promoting pantheism, but — tapping into his Jesuit roots — urging respect for a worldview that sees God in all things.
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A married priesthood not the real revolution in ‘ordained elders’ proposal
- Amazon synod, News Analysis
- Oct 9, 2019
German Bishop Fritz Lobinger, a 90-year-old retired missionary bishop in South Africa, has suddenly become the talk of Rome for his idea of ordaining married “elders.”
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Catholic bishops consider married priests, face opposition
- Amazon synod, Associated Press
- Oct 3, 2019
The people of the Amazon region are glad the upcoming synod on the region will focus on indigenous peoples.
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Violence on Amazonian border puts indigenous at risk, say church workers
- Amazon synod, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Oct 3, 2019
A series of violent events on the Amazonian border shared by Brazil and Peru has placed isolated indigenous people at risk, church workers say.
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Tikuna deacon prepares to become first priest from Amazonian tribe
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Oct 1, 2019
On a Sunday morning, Deacon Ferney Pereira was leading a prayer service in this small village’s Catholic Church.
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Veteran cardinal at Amazon synod says criticism of a pope is nothing new
- Oct 21, 2019
Chile's religious leaders condemn violence; call for justice
- Oct 22, 2019

Bishop says Amazon mission shouldn't begin with the poor but with Christ
- Oct 17, 2019
Synod's most debated figure was back at Saturday's "Way of the Cross"
- Oct 19, 2019
Synod bishops to renew Vatican II's "Pact of the Catacombs" for the poor
- Oct 19, 2019

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