Cardinal Cláudio Hummes Archives

Could the Amazon synod be Cardinal Marc Ouellet’s last hurrah?

Amazon synod, News Analysis
Oct 10, 2019

Though he probably wouldn’t have chosen it as his battleground, in effect the debate over married priests at the 2019 Amazon synod could be Ouellet’s last hurrah, his final opportunity in a meaningful setting to make the case for tradition in a time of runaway change.

Chair of pope’s Amazon summit puts married priests, women squarely on the table

Amazon synod
Oct 7, 2019

Not wasting any time, the chairman of Pope Francis’s Synod of Bishops on the Amazon kicked things off Monday morning by putting the hotly contested issues of married priests and the role of woman squarely on the assembly’s table.

Pope opens synod urging bishops ‘not to kick the Holy Spirit out of the hall’

Amazon synod
Oct 7, 2019

Pope Francis rued what he called a tendency to see some cultures as “second-class civilizations,” which, he said, “distances us from the reality of a people and separates us from them, which is disrespect.”

Protesters accuse interfaith event at São Paulo cathedral of left-wing activism

Amazon synod, Church in the Americas
Oct 5, 2019

An interreligious ceremony held at the cathedral of São Paulo to support the Synod for the Amazon region was accused by critics as a cover for left-wing activism inside the Church.

Amazon synod organizers: ‘Voice of local Church’ led to married priest debate

Amazon synod
Oct 4, 2019

When the curtain rises on Sunday for the Oct. 6-27 Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, much of the attention will be focused on the possibility of ordaining married men to the priesthood as a way of providing sacraments to areas that might not see a priest more than once or twice a year.

Against all odds, Pope Francis has made Synods of Bishops interesting

News Analysis
Sep 14, 2019

This week, an official of Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Relations actually had to go on national television, flanked by a Catholic cardinal, to assure his countrymen that the government of President Jair Bolsonaro isn’t threatened by the looming Synod on the Amazon.