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  • Zairean rite offers example for developing an Amazonian rite, pope says

    Zairean rite offers example for developing an Amazonian rite, pope says

    • Dec 1, 2020

    The approval decades ago of a Zairean rite of the Roman Missal demonstrated that it is possible also to develop a rite for the Amazon region, Pope Francis said in a preface to a new book.

    By Carol Glatz
  • Peru’s rising star tapped to lead Pan-Amazon ecclesial network

    Peru’s rising star tapped to lead Pan-Amazon ecclesial network

    • Oct 16, 2020

    Earlier this week it was announced that Cardinal Pedro Barreto, who was among the chief architects of last year’s Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, would be taking charge of the Catholic Church’s leading entity dedicated to protecting the Pan-Amazonian region.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Colombian siblings launch market for Amazon farmers in need

    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

    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
  • Priest in Amazon sees Zoom wakes as way to comfort suffering

    Priest in Amazon sees Zoom wakes as way to comfort suffering

    • May 17, 2020

    In early May, 67 bishops and priests from the Amazon region published an open letter, asking for more attention from federal and state governments as well as state and federal legislation for the disease in the region.

    By Lise Alves
  • Advocates: Brazilian government not protecting indigenous during pandemic

    Advocates: Brazilian government not protecting indigenous during pandemic

    • May 10, 2020

    Church-backed agencies are accusing the Brazilian government of doing very little to protect the country’s indigenous population from being contaminated by COVID-19 and say new government measures could increase the number of farmers and loggers invading indigenous territory.

    By Lise Alves
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