Synod of Bishops on the Amazon Archives - Page 2 of 9

Pope Francis using synods to ‘build consensus’ in Church, participant says

Oct 30, 2019

Sister Nathalie Becquart believes Pope Francis is using synods to gradually build consensus and preserve Church unity.

Cardinal says no one in Mexican Church can claim ignorance about abuse

Oct 28, 2019

According to Mexican Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes no one in Mexico “can claim that they didn’t know how to act” when it comes to clerical sexual abuse.

By Inés San Martín

Christians must shun self-worship, pope says at synod’s final Mass

Oct 27, 2019

Poor people from the Amazon have shown that God’s creation must be treated “not as a resource to be exploited but as a home to be preserved, with trust in God,” Pope Francis said.

By Barbara Fraser

Vatican Museums unveil Amazon exhibit, new space for native artifacts

Oct 27, 2019

With the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon in the final stretch, the Vatican Museums unveiled a new exhibit dedicated to the people, customs and Catholic faith in the Amazon.

By Carol Glatz

After their call for married priests, pope thanks bishops

Oct 27, 2019

On the heels of a bold call by Amazon region bishops for married men to become priests, Pope Francis is urging openness to new ways, and in a possible slap at conservative critics who fear he is weakening the Catholic Church’s foundations, he cautions faithful against entering the “swampy waters of ideologies.”

By Associated Press

Pope closes Amazon synod warning of walls, neglect of traditions

Oct 27, 2019

Capping off the Synod, Pope Francis directed the attention of the global Church to the poor of the Amazon.

By Christopher White

Participant says debate on ordination distracted synod from more important issues

Oct 26, 2019

On the eve of the conclusion of the Oct. 6-27 Vatican summit on the Amazon, one of the participants said he regrets that too much of the discussion has been about ordaining married men to the priesthood and women to the diaconate.

By Inés San Martín

Pope apologizes for theft of Pachamama, says she could be back Sunday

Oct 25, 2019

Saying he was speaking as the “Bishop of Rome,” meaning the head of the local church in the Eternal City, Pope Francis requested “pardon” Friday from anyone who was offended by the theft of the indigenous statues of a naked pregnant woman and their being thrown into the Tiber River.

By John L. Allen Jr.