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Synod of Bishops on the Amazon

Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai, India, and Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego leave a session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 21, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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U.S. bishop says ecology, synodality at heart of Amazon discussions, not married priests

Christopher White|Oct 24, 2019|5 Min Read

Bishop Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzman of Potosi, Bolivia, speaks to journalists at a news briefing following a session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 23, 2019. (CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves)

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Before new ministries, church must eradicate clericalism, bishop says

Junno Arocho Esteves|Oct 23, 2019|3 Min Read

Bishop Emmanuel Lafont, who leads the Diocese of Cayenne in French Guiana, speaks at a news conference following a session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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'We are all responsible': Bishop urges lifestyle change to protect Amazon

Barbara J. Fraser|Oct 22, 2019|4 Min Read

Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna speaks at a press conference following a session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 21, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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

Cindy Wooden|Oct 22, 2019|3 Min Read

A wooden statue of a pregnant woman is 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)

Amazon synod's controversial carved figures thrown into Tiber River

Hannah Brockhaus|Oct 21, 2019|4 Min Read

Fishermen near Fonte Boa, Brazil, catch a fish in a Solimoes River tributary Nov. 24, 2013. (CNS photo/Bruno Kelly, Reuters)

World

From sidewalk weeds to Amazon waterways, the wonders of creation abound

Barbara J. Fraser|Oct 21, 2019|4 Min Read

Pope Francis attends a session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 21, 2019. Also pictured are Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops and Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, relator general of the synod. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Synod groups: Ecology, violence, migration among challenges for church

Junno Arocho Esteves|Oct 21, 2019|3 Min Read

Participants from the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon celebrate Mass in the Catacombs of Domitilla in Rome Oct. 20, 2019. Several dozen synod participants at the Mass signed a pact promising to care for people and the earth and to give up a "colonist mentality and posture." (CNS photo/courtesy Father Julio Caldeira-REPAM)

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Amazon bishops pledge poverty, spurning plastics and taking the bus

Inés San Martín|Oct 20, 2019|4 Min Read

Pope Francis at the Vatican Ethnological Museum Oct. 18, 2019. (Vatican Media via CNA)

Pope Francis at Ethnological Museum: 'Beauty unites us'

Courtney Mares|Oct 19, 2019|2 Min Read

People gathered to meditate on the Way of the Cross in Rome, during the Oct. 6-27 Synod of Bishops on the Amazon. (Ines San Martin/Crux)

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Synod’s most debated figure was back at Saturday’s “Way of the Cross”

Inés San Martín|Oct 19, 2019|4 Min Read

Capuchin Sister Daniela Cannavina (third from left), secretary general of the Confederation of Latin American and Caribbean Religious, told reporters in Rome Oct. 18, 2019, that the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon marks "a prophetic hour for religious life." She was one of 10 religious sisters elected as observers at the synod by the International Union of Superiors General. (CNS photo/Barbara J. Fraser)

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Women's role in Amazon church does not depend on diaconate, sisters say

Barbara J. Fraser|Oct 18, 2019|4 Min Read

Members, observers and experts at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon meet in a small working group Oct. 10, 2019, in the Vatican synod hall. The small group reports, released Oct. 18, pledged the church's support for the rights of indigenous people and a renewed commitment to safeguarding creation. Some groups also proposed the ordination of some married men to the priesthood and the development of official ministries for women in the church, possibly including the diaconate. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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Synod groups propose Amazonian rite, new ministries for women

Junno Arocho Esteves|Oct 18, 2019|4 Min Read

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