Pan-Amazon Region Archives

Amazon governors, meeting after synod, support ‘green economy’

Amazon synod, Catholic News Service
Oct 29, 2019

Governors from eight Amazonian states in Brazil and Peru meeting at the Vatican agreed that the Amazon is threatened and called for a “green economy” that would allow people to generate income without destroying the forest.

Path to women deacons opened by Pope Benedict, Brazilian bishop says

Amazon synod, Catholic News Service
Oct 25, 2019

A change to the Code of Canon Law made by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009 provides a canonical path to allow the ordination of women deacons, a Brazilian bishop said.

Proposed Amazonian rite centered on Christ, indigenous professor says

Amazon synod, Catholic News Service
Oct 24, 2019

Addressing concerns about a proposed Amazonian rite in the Catholic Church, an indigenous participant at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon called on Catholics to soften their hearts and understand the needs of Catholics in the region.

‘Loving neighbor as yourself implies caring for earth,’ theologian says

Amazon synod, Catholic News Service
Oct 22, 2019

The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is calling Catholics to an ecological conversion in their personal lives and in the church throughout the world, a theologian participating in the synod said.

Women’s role in Amazon church does not depend on diaconate, sisters say

Amazon synod, Catholic News Service
Oct 19, 2019

Whether or not the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon helps open the door to ordaining women deacons, women will continue to play a fundamental role in ministry in the church in the region, religious sisters said.

Smartphones and social media become missionary tools in the Amazon

Amazon synod, Church in the Americas
Oct 19, 2019

Some of the challenges faced by the Catholic Church in the Amazon involve vast geographic extensions and the lack of infrastructure in the region. Many missionaries in the rainforest try to overcome distances using the only available tool: Smartphones.