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Opening Amazon synod, Pope Francis says aim is to fight fire with fire
- Amazon synod, News Analysis
- Oct 6, 2019
In response to fires that destroy, Francis on Sunday called the roughly 300 bishops and other participants in the synod to kindle a fire that saves – a fire of “daring prudence,” the pope called it, fed by the Holy Spirit.
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Catholic reactionary group raising its profile ahead of Amazon synod
- Amazon synod
- Sep 25, 2019
A network of far-right groups seems eager to capitalize on next month’s events to gain new momentum.
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Resistance amps up as Amazon synod approaches
- Vatican
- Sep 17, 2019
In his six years in office, Pope Francis has been no stranger to controversy or resistance, yet judging by the all-star lineup of opponents to his coming Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, the gathering is shaping up to be one of his most controversial initiatives since the 2014-2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family.
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For Francis, saving the Amazon is evangelization in motion
- News Analysis
- Sep 17, 2019
“The meekness that the Holy Spirit give us makes us witnesses, because the path of the Holy Spirit isn’t proselytism, it’s witness,” Francis told a charismatic group Saturday. “If someone comes to proselytize, that’s not the Church, it’s a sect.”
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Dialogue with indigenous: Understanding that ‘we are simple stewards’
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Jul 20, 2019
By convening a special synod on the Amazon at the Vatican in October, Pope Francis will be giving greater exposure to the Church’s deep concern for the people and the ecosystem on which they depend.
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German cardinal says Amazon synod is ‘heretical’, must be ‘rejected’
- Vatican
- Jun 28, 2019
German Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, widely seen as a key opponent of Pope Francis, has penned a rare essay openly criticizing the upcoming Syond of Bishops on the Amazon, saying the official preparatory document breaks with Catholic teaching.
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