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Synod of Bishops on the Amazon

Wooden statues of a pregnant woman are pictured in the Church of St. Mary in Traspontina as part of exhibits on the Amazon region during the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon in Rome Oct. 18, 2019. Several copies of the statue were stolen from the church and thrown into the Tiber River Oct. 21. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Austrian man claims he threw 'Pachamama' statues into the Tiber

Courtney Mares|Nov 4, 2019|2 Min Read

Pope Francis accepts a plant during the offertory as he celebrates the concluding Mass of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 27, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Hang on, because the Synod of Bishops on the Amazon isn’t actually over

John L. Allen Jr.|Oct 30, 2019|4 Min Read

An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Brazil, Sept. 17, 2019. (CNS photo/Bruno Kelly, Reuters)

World

Amazon governors, meeting after synod, support 'green economy'

Barbara J. Fraser|Oct 29, 2019|4 Min Read

Pope Francis carries his pastoral staff as he leaves the concluding Mass of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 27, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Faith

Pope: Church cannot remain indifferent to cry of the poor

Junno Arocho Esteves|Oct 28, 2019|2 Min Read

Londolfo Aranha Neto, 59, casts his net among treetops at the edge of the Belo Monte Dam reservoir, near Altamira, Brazil. He is among the thousands of fisher families displaced by the flooding of the Xingu River who are slowly moving back. But the once-rich fishing grounds yield far fewer fish than before, and he says fishers constantly snag their nets on submerged trees. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

World

Caring for common home requires deep ecological conversion, synod says

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

Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego is pictured after an interview with Catholic News Service in Rome Oct. 27, 2019. CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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U.S. bishop supports synod call to study diaconate for women

Cindy Wooden|Oct 27, 2019|4 Min Read

Pope Francis accepts offertory gifts from an indigenous man as he celebrates the concluding Mass of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 27, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

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

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

Pope Francis is pictured as Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, relator general of the synod, and Bishop Fabio Fabene, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, talk at the start of the final session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 26, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Synod calls for more church roles for women, but stops short of diaconate

Cindy Wooden|Oct 26, 2019|4 Min Read

Pope Francis attends the final session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 26, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Synod document: New ministries can serve evangelization in Amazon

Junno Arocho Esteves|Oct 26, 2019|5 Min Read

In this photo taken on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, members of Amazon indigenous populations walk during a Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession from St. Angelo Castle to the Vatican. In foreground is a wooden statue portraying a naked pregnant woman. Pope Francis’s meeting on the Amazon is wrapping up after three weeks of debate over married priests, the environment _ and the destruction of indigenous statues that underscored the willingness of conservatives to violently vent their opposition to the pope. (Andrew Medichini/AP via Crux)

World

Pope apologizes for theft of Pachamama, says she’ll be back on Sunday

John L. Allen Jr.|Oct 25, 2019|3 Min Read

Bishop Evaristo Pascoal Spengler of Marajo, Brazil, attends a news conference after a session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 25, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Path to women deacons opened by Pope Benedict, Brazilian bishop says

Junno Arocho Esteves|Oct 25, 2019|3 Min Read

Delio Siticonatzi Camaiteri, a member of the Ashaninca indigenous people in Peru, attends a news conference after a session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 24, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Proposed Amazonian rite centered on Christ, indigenous professor says

Junno Arocho Esteves|Oct 24, 2019|3 Min Read

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