Synod on the Amazon
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Nuncio asks Brazil bishop who criticized Amazon synod to leave prelature
The apostolic nuncio in Brazil has asked Bishop Emeritus José Luis Azcona Hermoso to no longer live in the territory... Read more
‘A lack of courage’: Germans divided over Pope Francis’ Amazonian exhortation
German Church leaders have offered markedly distinct responses to Querida Amazonia, the apostolic exhortation on the Amazon region released by... Read more
Inculturation is a 'necessary process' in the Amazon, Pope Francis says
Pope Francis has highlighted the need for spiritual inculturation in the Amazon region, and praised indigenous expressions of religiosity, while... Read more
Pope Francis' Amazon exhortation calls for holiness, not married priests
Pope Francis published his response to the Vatican’s 2019 Amazon synod in an apostolic exhortation Wednesday. Despite widespread speculation following... Read more
Analysis: Pope Francis and the Germans
Whether he turns his attention to the furthest corner of the Amazon, or to reforming his own curia in Rome,... Read more
Analysis: On celibacy, what Benedict cannot say and Francis mustn't hear
What the two reactions to a new book from Benedict point to is a fault-line, not for or against Pope... Read more
Church must convert from cultural, ecological sins, Amazon synod concludes
The Amazon synod final document, published Saturday, laid out the need to define “ecological sins” while calling the Church to... Read more
Amazon missionary bishop: Synod plans miss the real problems
A long-time missionary bishop of the Amazon River delta has said that the working document for an upcoming synod of... Read more
Pope Francis: Ordination of married men 'absolutely not' main theme of Amazon synod
The ordination to the priesthood of mature, married men, sometimes called viri probati, is among the topics to be addressed... Read more
Analysis: The Amazon synod and the English language
The recent history of Church synods suggests that the results of the Amazon meeting will likely not match the intensity... Read more
Amazon Synod to consider possible ordination of married men
The working document for the special assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-amazonian region, released Monday, recommends study... Read more
Eucharistic yuca not on the table at Amazon synod, Vatican says
Vatican officials have said there are no plans to discuss changing the matter of the Eucharist during an upcoming synod... Read more
Vatican official: There is a clear link between Amazon synod, missionary month
According to the president of the Pontifical Mission Societies, there is a clear link between next October’s focus on missionary... Read more
