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Norberto Cruz da Silva, a leader in the Wapishana indigenous village of Tabalascada in the Brazilian Amazon and the local catechist coordinator, is pictured in April 2019. The final document of the October Synod of Bishops for the Amazon acknowledged that a lack of priests means Catholics in the region have only sporadic access to the Eucharist, reconciliation and anointing of the sick. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

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In Amazon, without a priest, 'there is a hole in the family'

Lise Alves|Jan 30, 2020|5 Min Read

Daniel Valladolid, a farmer from Sucumbios, hopes the synod will address the shortage of priests in the Amazon. (Inés San Martín)

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Evangelization, ecology top Amazon synod agenda

Inés San Martín|Oct 4, 2019|6 Min Read

Carmen Saez and her three-month-old son Axel Josue. (Crux/Ines San Martin)

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Church on edge of the Amazon shelters refugees from Venezuela’s meltdown

Inés San Martín|Sep 20, 2019|5 Min Read

A man attends Pope Francis's meeting with people of the Amazon in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, Jan. 19, 2018. (Paul Haring/CNS via Crux)

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Resistance amps up as Amazon synod approaches

Elise Ann Allen|Sep 17, 2019|5 Min Read

Archbishop Rafael Cob of the Diocese of Puyo in Ecuador. (Ines San Martin/Crux)

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Amazon archbishop backs ordination of married priests

Inés San Martín|Sep 16, 2019|4 Min Read

A member of the Shanenawa tribe observes an indigenous dance during a festival to celebrate nature and ask for an end to the burning of the Amazon

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Catholics denounce attacks against Brazil's indigenous peoples in Amazon

Catholic News Service|Sep 4, 2019|4 Min Read

Firefighters near Robore

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Wildfires point to urgency of upcoming Amazon synod, Bolivian bishop says

Barbara J. Fraser|Aug 27, 2019|4 Min Read

Pope Francis in the gateway to Peru's Madre de Dios region in the Amazon January 19

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Amazon Synod to consider possible ordination of married men

Courtney Mares|Jun 17, 2019|4 Min Read

Joenia Wapichana speaks to a community gathering in Boa Vista

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Church workers say Brazil's indigenous still face discrimination

Barbara J. Fraser|Apr 19, 2019|5 Min Read

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