Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network Archives

Synod to be surrounded by events offering prayer, criticism, support

Amazon synod, Catholic News Service, Vatican
Sep 18, 2019

Before members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon began packing their bags for the synod assembly at the Vatican Oct. 6-27, a variety of groups were announcing side events.

Brazil’s right wing government says it’s ‘monitoring’ – not spying on – Amazon synod

Church in the Americas
Sep 14, 2019

Brazil’s government has confirmed it is “keeping track of” the preparatory works of the Amazon Synod but is not monitoring members of the Church.

In Colombia, bishops, religious listen to Amazonians before synod

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Aug 15, 2019

Bishops, nuns, priests and residents of the Amazon basin met in Colombia’s capital city in mid-August to prepare for a special Synod of Bishops for the Amazon this fall at the Vatican.

Synod emphasizes Church’s mission to defend the vulnerable, cardinal says

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Jul 18, 2019

The objective of the upcoming Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is to highlight the need for religious, political and social leaders to come together and defend the dignity of indigenous men, women and children and an ecosystem that is crucial to the environment, said Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto Jimeno of Huancayo.

Pope names relator general, special secretaries for Amazon synod

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
May 6, 2019

Pope Francis has chosen Brazil’s Cardinal Claudio Hummes to serve as relator general of next year’s Synod of Bishops on the Amazon.

Jesuit: Without the Amazon, ‘we all go under’

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Apr 2, 2019

The Catholic Church in Honduras, as well as in the Amazon and elsewhere, supports those who suffer because of the situations and consequences caused by the exploitation of natural resources and destruction of the environment.