Amazonia: New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology

The Presidents of the Bishops’ Conference of Latin America (CELAM) and of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM)...

OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE ASSEMBLY FOR THE PROJECT OF CONSTITUTION OF THE ECCLESIAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMAZON June 29,...

The 67 Bishops of the Brazilian Amazon appeal for special attention for the vulnerable people of the Amazon and the...

On Wednesday, the members of a new commission to study the possibility of women deacons in the Catholic Church are...

The President of the Polish Bishops Conference writes to Pope Francis to thank him for his Post-Synodal Apostolic...

Catholic leaders from local churches around the world responded to Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation after its...

          HOLY MASS CONCLUDING THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS FOR THE PAN-AMAZON REGION PAPAL...

Latest news about the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Querida...

Pope Francis’ “great dreams” for the Amazon region Pope Francis’ thought on the region: concrete steps toward a human...

During the Angelus on 15 October 2017 Pope Francis called a Special Assembly for the Pan-Amazon Region on the theme...

From Puerto Maldonado, right in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, on the banks of the Madre de Dios River, we wish...

Intervento del Prof. Carlos Nobre 1. Introduction As a scientist who has been working on ecological matters for more...

The Exhortation begins “Querida Amazonia”, beloved Amazon, like a letter, a love letter. At its heart is Pope Francis's...

POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION QUERIDA AMAZONIA OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS   TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD AND TO ALL...

Accredited journalists are advised of the press conference for the release of the Apostolic Exhortation Querida...

Schlussdokument. AMAZONIEN. NEUE WEGE FÜR DIE KIRCHE UND FÜR EINE GANZHEITLICHE ÖKOLOGIE Bischofssynode –...

CLOSING OF THE WORKS OF THE SPECIAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS FOR THE PAN-AMAZON REGION ON THE THEME: ...

Proceedings of the Seminar “Toward the Special Synod for the Amazon: Regional and Universal Dimensions.” Organised by...

MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE...

Last news about the Amazon Synod published by VaticanNews 01/11/2019 Church in Cameroon battling the destruction...

FINAL DOCUMENT THE AMAZON: NEW PATHS FOR THE CHURCH AND  FOR AN INTEGRAL...

 Statement From The Participants Of The JPIC & MINING SEMINAR We, the participants of the Justice, Peace and...

#SinodoAmazonico 12th General Congregation. Overview presented by Vatican News Pope Francis attended the 12th and final...

#SinodoAmazonico 11th General Congregation. Overview presented by Vatican News The 11th General Congregation of the...

#SinodoAmazonico 10th General Congregation. Overview presented by Vatican News During the 10th General Congregation...

#SinodoAmazonico 9th General Congregation. Overview presented by Vatican News The ninth General Congregation marked the...

#SinodoAmazonico 8th General Congregation. Overview presented by Vatican News The first week of the three-week Special...

7th General Congregation Overview presented by Vatican News #SinodoAmazonico. Integral education for an ‘ecological...

Scientific Framework to Save the Amazon By Scientists of the Amazon Countries and Global Partners September 30,...

#SinodoAmazonico 6th General Congregation: Overview presented by Vatican News The sixth General Congregation of the...

#SinodoAmazonico 5th General Congregation: Overview presented by Vatican News Proposals for lay female ministry The...

#SinodoAmazonico 4th General Congregation: Overview presented by Vatican News The Church confesses ‘ecological...

3rd General Congregation Overview presented by Vatican News #SinodoAmazonico. Defence of human rights and the urgency...

#SinodoAmazonico 2nd General Congregation: Overview presented by Vatican News   #SinodoAmazonico. Youth,...

Diana Isabel Hernández Juárez, a 35-year-old teacher and coordinator of the Pastoral of Creation of the parish church...

Statement by His Eminence Pietro Cardinal Parolin Secretary of State of the Holy See Head of the Delegation of the Holy...

From the synod on young people to the Pan-Amazon synod : the same trend of inculturation, synodality and proximity Sr...

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Pope Francis sends a letter of congratulation for a new hospital boat, which arrived on Saturday in the Archdiocese of...

This is a short extract from from Pope Francis' interview, about the Amazon Synod. [...] Let's ideally cross the ocean...

Pope: isolationism and populism lead to war.In an interview with the Italian daily La Stampa-Vatican Insider, Pope...

Article of  Card. Pedro Ricardo Barreto, SJ about the Synod for the Amazonia published on "Civiltà...

CIDSE, in collaboration with REPAM, just released a series of 17 mini video interviews on the Amazon covering...

In preparation for the October Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, Latin America correspondent of CNS Barbara Fraser and...

There are several dozen “Laudato sì” Communities in Italy, and around the world. All of them are committed to an...

Sr. Maria Troncatti was born in Corteno Golgi (Brescia) on 16 February 1883 into a large family of poor farmers, she...

Fr Luigi Bolla’s SDB lived a mission of grounding the Gospel in the heart of the amazon rainforest, among the Achuar...

Bishop Alejandro Labaka was born in Spain on April 19, 1920, in Beizama, a small village in the Basque Country. A...

Synod for the Amazon: ‘Instrumentum Laboris’ released The ‘Instrumentum Laboris’ (the Working Document) of the upcoming...

Working document of Synod on the Pan-Amazon Region approved During its May 14-15 meeting in the Vatican, the second...

The next big event for bishops, from across the world, in Rome is the Synod for the Amazon. It is a meeting which will...

A British religious activist who faced expulsion from Peru a decade ago for his work on behalf of indigenous...

We present an interview with Cardinal Claudio Hummes made by Fr. Antonio Spadaro for the "Civiltà...

Pope Francis has chosen Brazil's Cardinal Claudio Hummes to serve as relator general of October's Synod of Bishops on...

Synod on Amazonia: The ‘Instrumentum Laboris’ Is To Be Published in June   Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, Secretary...

In the fall, a special Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian region will mark the Catholic Church's most serious...

Georgetown University Hosts Historic Three-Day Meeting on Integral Ecology By Fr. Matthew Carnes, SJ In preparation for...

The Catholic Church has been present in the Amazon for centuries, but that presence has not come without errors, said...

For the month of April the Jesuit 2014 calendar, which commemorates the 200th anniversary of the restoration of...

A leaf, the green of the forest, an indigenous basket, the cross, a river and the Holy Spirit: the logo of the Synod...

In indigenous Kichwa communities, women like Patricia Gualinga have traditionally taken on the role of wife, mother and...

French Guiana. The history of Catholicism in French Guiana (or Cayenne colony) begins with Portuguese missionary...

Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations   Pan...

The Amazon in Bolivia. Bolivia, which declares its independence in 1825, has a territory of 1,098,581 km2,...

History of the Catholic Church in Brazil. The beginning of the presence of the Church in the Amazon, as well as...

Information about Suriname and the Diocese of Paramaribo   Geography Suriname lies on the North-Eastern...

The Amazon in Venezuela. The Amazon region of Venezuela, is located mainly in the south of the country in the extension...

The Amazon in Peru. The Peruvian Amazon comprises an area of 782,880.55 km² east of the Andes Mountain Range. It is one...

The Ecuadorian Amazon. The Amazonian area of Ecuador covers 120,000 km² (48% of the national territory) and includes...

Colombian Amazon. The Amazon region of Colombia covers 42% of the national territory (with an area of 483,119 km2) and...

“INTEGRAL ECOLOGY: a synodal response from the Amazon and other essential biomes / territories for the care of our...

The Vatican will host a Synod on Amazonia in October 2019. In the first of a series of articles by members of the...

Lorenzo Baldisseri was born in San Pietro in Campo, Barga, Italy, on 29 September 1940. The youngest of seven children,...

The dates of the Special Synod for the Amazon: from Sunday, October 6 to Sunday, October 27, 2019 The General...

General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops - Via della Conciliazione 34 - 00120 Città del Vaticano...

The diocesan phase of the beatification process of “Servant of God” Father Ezekiel Ramin – already proclaimed “martyr...

Sr. Dorothy Stang chose to live in extreme poverty in order to help others living in poverty. She had a passion for...

We present here the most important news from Vatican News in the last months about the Amazon...

Spanish Jesuit priest Father Carlos Riudavets Montes working among the indigenous people of Peru’s Amazonia region, was...

The Council is made up of 18 members, appointed on 8 March 2018 directly by the Holy Father. In addition to the...

On October 15, 2017, Pope Francis convened a Special Synodal Assembly on the Pan-Amazon, indicating that the main...

Amazon synod to focus on climate change, not married priests, Peruvian cardinal says VATICAN CITY – The issue of...

This fall’s Synod of Bishops on the Pan-Amazonian Region is already heightening tensions between the Catholic Church in...

LETICIA, Colombia (CNS) — Rafael Noteno Capinoa, a Kichwa Indian, worries about what could happen to the forest around...