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Synod of Bishops on the Amazon

Priests put their hands on the heads of newly ordained priests during an ordination Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 12, 2019. (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters)

Faith

Ahead of synod, alumni of Benedict XVI express concerns about married priesthood

Catholic News Agency|Sep 28, 2019|4 Min Read

A member of the Tembe indigenous tribe, which is facing a conflict with illegal loggers on its land, holds his bow and arrows in Teko-haw indigenous village near Paragominas, Brazil, Sept. 9, 2019. A report released Sept. 24 from the Brazilian bishops' Indigenous Missionary Council shows the number of indigenous murdered last year increased by more than 20% in comparison to 2017. (CNS photo/Ricardo Moraes, Reuters)

World

Violence against indigenous in Brazil soars, says bishops' agency

Lise Alves|Sep 25, 2019|3 Min Read

Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino of Caracas, Venezuela, is interviewed near the apostolic nunciature prior to the start of Pope Francis's meeting with the executive committee of the Latin American bishops' council in Bogota, Colombia, Sept. 7, 2017. (CNS photo/Paul Haring via Crux)

Venezuelan cardinal: Synod document strong on ecology, weak on ecclesiology

Inés San Martín|Sep 25, 2019|10 Min Read

Bishops Robert W. McElroy of San Diego and Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Quebec, are pictured in a combination photo. Pope Francis has named them and other members of his international Council of Cardinals to be voting members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon. (CNS photo/Francois Gloutnay, Presence/David Maung)

Vatican releases list of participants for Amazon synod

Cindy Wooden|Sep 23, 2019|2 Min Read

A priest holds a Bible as he leads pilgrims in prayer during an annual river procession and pilgrimage on the Caraparu River in Santa Izabel do Para, Brazil, in this 2012 file photo. (Paulo Santos/Catholic News Service, Reuters)

World

The Amazon Synod promises to be fall’s biggest Catholic drama

John L. Allen Jr.|Sep 23, 2019|4 Min Read

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

World

Amazon Synod to consider possible ordination of married men

Courtney Mares|Jun 17, 2019|4 Min Read

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