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Responding to Amazon synod, Pope Francis avoids ‘either-or’

In the flurry of reaction to Pope Francis’ document on the Amazon, the real game-changer for the life of the church was overlooked.

In Amazon document, pope calls for action rooted in conversion of heart

Like so many of Pope Francis' teachings and major documents, his apostolic exhortation on the Amazon is built on a call for conversion -- a new way of seeing, thinking and doing.

Inculturation and the Amazon synod

My first mission as a Dominican sister was in a rural area of the central Andes, where the majority spoke Quechua, the language of my grandparents. It’s one of nearly 50 languages spoken in Peru, where I was born and raised. Four other Dominican sisters and I were responsible for the administration of a parish that included 29 small villages. There was no resident priest in the area.

Amazon synod wraps, opening new pathways for 21st century Catholicism

A three-week Vatican summit on the pan-Amazon region might feel a long way from the day-to-day experience of Catholics across parishes in the United States, Europe and elsewhere.

Inculturation: A two-way street

During last month’s Synod for the Amazon held in Rome, an incident occurred that outraged many people. Early one morning, two people removed from the Church of St. Mary in Traspontina statues that were used in the opening ceremonies of the synod — and threw them into the Tiber River.

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

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.

Final synod document: New ministries can serve evangelization in Amazon

To proclaim the Gospel message of hope, the Catholic Church in the Amazon must open new paths of evangelization in the region, including by instituting new ministries for lay men and women, the Synod of Bishops said.

Cardinal talks about listening at the synod, being loyal to the pope

Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna said that as a European member of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, his first task is to listen and his second task is to examine ways his lifestyle and that of his community contribute to the suffering of the Amazonian people.

The church in the Amazon offers us powerful gifts

Throughout these days, our focus has been on the core mission of this gathering: namely, identifying pathways through which the church in the Amazon region can ever more effectively proclaim the salvation of Jesus Christ in its fullness, so that all men and women of the region, especially indigenous peoples, might find in the church a true sacrament of God’s love and the pursuit of justice for the poor and for the earth.

Indigenous vow to stand with Pope Francis, with each other

Pope Francis and members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon repeatedly vowed to support, defend and accompany the region's indigenous people.
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