Amazon

Church must empower indigenous, not speak for them, cardinal says
- Oct 29, 2020
Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto, the new leader of the Church’s largest network in the Amazon, has said his top priorities are to protect indigenous communities and to fight poverty as COVID-19 continues to ravage Latin America.

By Elise Ann Allen
Colombian siblings launch market for Amazon farmers in need
- Jul 10, 2020
Two siblings in Colombia launched The Harvest: Amazonian Barter. Now dozens of people line up every Friday in front of a truck packed with soap, rice, oil and other products that they exchange for fruits that would otherwise go to waste because of the virus.

By Luis Andres Henao
Bishops praise Bolivians who seize drug-trafficking plane at airstrip
- Jun 24, 2020
Bishops in Bolivia’s Amazon region praised residents of a small town who seized a light plane, apparently owned by drug traffickers, that had violated their ban on landing at the local airstrip.

By Barbara Fraser

Amazon’s indigenous peoples getting coronavirus from illegal miners
- May 1, 2020
According to the Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network (REPAM), the people of the Amazon region are more at risk to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, due to the lack of proper educational system and to the inaccessibility to adequate hygienic and sanitary services.

By Inés San Martín

Amazon synod concerns also relate to Australia, archbishop says
- Feb 3, 2020
Despite the fact that an estimated 5 percent of the Australian population is of aboriginal descent, in the two centuries the Catholic Church has been present on the continent, there have been few indigenous vocations to the priesthood. According to Sydney’s archbishop, this presents some similarities with the realities of the Amazon region.

By Inés San Martín
Amazon pulls Auschwitz ‘Christmas ornaments’ after protest
- Dec 2, 2019
Amazon said Monday it has removed “Christmas ornaments” and other merchandise bearing the images of Auschwitz that had been available on its online site.

By Associated Press
Amazon CEO gives millions to Catholic Charities to fight homelessness
- Nov 24, 2019
An Alaska Catholic organization announced plans to house at least 300 more homeless families after receiving $5 million from a fund backed by Amazon CEO and billionaire Jeff Bezos, organization officials said.

By Associated Press
Christians must shun self-worship, pope says at synod’s final Mass
- Oct 27, 2019
Poor people from the Amazon have shown that God’s creation must be treated “not as a resource to be exploited but as a home to be preserved, with trust in God,” Pope Francis said.

By Barbara Fraser