Synod of Bishops on the Amazon Archives

Amazon bishops pledge poverty, spurning plastics and taking the bus

Amazon synod
Oct 20, 2019

Facing what signatories call an “avalanche of consumerism,” 40 bishops pledged Sunday to assume a “happily sober lifestyle, simple and in solidarity with those who have little or nothing; to reduce the production of garbage and the use of plastics, favoring the production and commercialization of agro-ecological products; and using public transport whenever possible.”

Synod bishops to renew Vatican II’s “Pact of the Catacombs” for the poor

Amazon synod
Oct 19, 2019

Early Sunday morning in Rome, some of the 180 bishops participating in the Oct. 6-27 Synod of Bishops on the Amazon will make a pilgrimage to the Catacombs of Domitilla on the outskirts of Rome to renew a promise by bishops at Vatican II to live like the poor.

Indigenous priest says celibacy doesn’t cause shortages in Amazon

Amazon synod
Oct 17, 2019

One of the few indigenous priests participating in this month’s Synod of Bishops on the Amazon has weighed in on the issue of celibacy, saying it is a virtue everyone can live, but refrained from offering an opinion on the debate surrounding married priests in the Amazon.

Sioux leader says Amazon is Dakotas 120 years ago

Amazon synod
Oct 17, 2019

A leader of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe has accused the Church of taking part in the most “tragic genocide, ecocide and ethnocide the human history can remember” against the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Bishop says Amazon mission shouldn’t begin with the poor but with Christ

Amazon synod
Oct 17, 2019

It’s admittedly a bit of a discordant note in a synod of bishops in which the Church’s social gospel, focused on the poor, the climate and the indigenous people of the region, is a touchstone, but one prelate taking part says the point of departure really shouldn’t be the slums of the Amazon but the person of Christ.

Amazon synod continues to ponder married priests to make Eucharist accessible

Vatican
Oct 15, 2019

Once again the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon pondered the idea of married priests Tuesday, with one prelate saying the issue is being studied from different perspectives, including that of Church doctrine.