Catholic New Service presents some videos about the "Amazonian and indigenous" face

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video for the amazon synod

In preparation for the October Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, Latin America correspondent of CNS Barbara Fraser and photographer Paul Jeffrey spent a month in the Amazon, visiting several countries to find out what Pope Francis means when he talks about having a church with an “Amazonian and indigenous” face. "The diversity of faces reflects the complexity of issues in the region," Fraser writes in her overview.

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