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Synod of Bishops on the Amazon

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, and Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops from 2005 to 2010, attend Pope Francis's celebration of Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 14, 2019. (CNS photo/Stefano Dal Pozzolo, pool via Crux)

Could the Amazon synod be Cardinal Marc Ouellet’s last hurrah?

John L. Allen Jr.|Oct 10, 2019|6 Min Read

Retired Bishop Erwin Krautler of Xingu, Brazil, attends a press briefing following a session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Amazon synod bishop: 'Indigenous people do not understand celibacy'

JD Flynn|Oct 9, 2019|4 Min Read

Pope Francis greets people during the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 8, 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

First synod talks look at climate, priests, inculturation, Vatican says

Carol Glatz|Oct 8, 2019|4 Min Read

Bishop Emmanuel Lafont, who leads the Diocese of Cayenne in French Guiana, bordering the Amazon River basin, speaks at a news briefing after the first session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 7, 2019. Looking on is Bishop David Martinez de Aguirre Guinea of Puerto Maldonado, Peru. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Indigenous bring needed diversity of expression to synod, speakers say

Carol Glatz|Oct 7, 2019|4 Min Read

Cardinal Claudio Hummes, General Rapporteur for the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region, left, shares a word with Pope Francis on the occasion of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology, in the Vatican gardens, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. The ceremony took place two days before a Synod of bishops on the Pan-Amazon region opened at the Vatican to address the ecological, social and spiritual needs of indigenous peoples in the Amazon. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP via Crux)

Chair of pope’s Amazon summit puts married priests, women squarely on the table

John L. Allen Jr.|Oct 7, 2019|5 Min Read

Pope Francis prays at the start of the first session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 7, 2019. Also pictured is Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Cardinal Baldisseri explains who's at Amazon synod, how it works

Cindy Wooden|Oct 7, 2019|4 Min Read

Pope Francis speaks at the start of the first session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 7, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Synod is a time to listen, discern, not despise, pope says

Junno Arocho Esteves|Oct 7, 2019|3 Min Read

Pope Francis accepts offertory gifts as he celebrates the opening Mass of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 6, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Fear, status quo smother fire of God's love, pope says at synod Mass

Junno Arocho Esteves|Oct 6, 2019|4 Min Read

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

World

Evangelization, ecology top Amazon synod agenda

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

Pope Francis and Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, relator general of the Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, watch as members of an indigenous community plant a tree during a celebration marking the feast of St. Francis in the Vatican Gardens Oct. 4, 2019. (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters)

On feast of St. Francis, pope joins Amazonians to plant tree at Vatican

Barbara J. Fraser|Oct 4, 2019|2 Min Read

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, leaves a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct 5, 2018. (CNS photo/Paul Haring via Crux)

World

Top Vatican cardinal ‘skeptical’ on married priests for the Amazon

Inés San Martín|Oct 3, 2019|4 Min Read

Deacon Ferney Pereira and members of his Colombian parish take a boat on a river in the Amazon Sept. 8, 2019. (CNS photo/Manuel Rueda)

Faith

Tikuna deacon prepares to become first priest from Amazonian tribe

Catholic News Service|Oct 1, 2019|4 Min Read

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