Synod for the Pan-Amazon Region

Pope Francis with the delegations from CEAMA and REPAM

04/06/2024

New Paths: Pope meets with church officials from Amazon

Cardinal Pedro Barreto, president of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon, shares with the Pope the fruits of the synodal journey in the region.

04/07/2022

Cardinal Hummes, known as a defender of the poor, dies at 87

Franciscan Cardinal Claudio Hummes passed away Monday at the age of 87. His many years of ministry were dedicated in particular to the accompaniment of indigenous peoples, whose ...

20/10/2021

Joy for the creation of new Bishops’ Conference of the Amazon

Latin American and Caribbean bishops welcome Pope Francis’ official approval of the new Bishops’ Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA).

19/02/2020

Church in Poland thanks Pope Francis for Querida Amazonía

The President of the Polish Bishops Conference writes to Pope Francis to thank him for his Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Querida Amazonía”, on “the beloved Amazon region”.

12/02/2020

Local Churches welcome Querida Amazonía

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

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12/02/2020

Cardinal Czerny: Love the Amazon and its people to save the planet

The Special Secretary of the Synod for the Amazon presents the exhortation that the Pope completed last December, which is being published today. It contains four great "dreams" of ...

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12/02/2020

Pope Francis’ “great dreams” for the Amazon region

Pope Francis’ thought on the region: concrete steps toward a human ecology which takes the poor into consideration, toward the appreciation of the local cultures, and toward a ...

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12/02/2020

Querida Amazonia: the Pope’s Exhortation for a Church with an Amazonian face

The Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Amazon Region has been published. The document traces new paths of evangelization and care for the environment and the poor. Pope ...

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10/02/2020

Final Document of the Synod on the Amazon: Full Text

The Final Document of the Synod on the Pan-Amazon Region was released on 26 October 2019. The full text follows.

10/02/2020

Working Document for the Synod on the Amazon Region: full text

The Working Document for the Synod on the Pan-Amazon Region was released on 7 September 2019. The Full Text follows.

10/02/2020

Preparatory Document for the Synod on the Amazon Region: Full Text

The Preparatory Document for the Synod on the Pan-Amazon Region was released on 8 June 2018. Following is the full text.

01/11/2019

Church in Cameroon battling the destruction of forests

“Just the sheer number of trucks carrying away huge logs of wood is a clear indicator that indeed our forests are being decimated,” says Bishop Abraham Boualo Kome of Bafang, ...

30/10/2019

Cardinal Ribat of PNG: What is happening in the Amazon is also our story

As the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region ended at the weekend, Cardinal John Ribat of Papua New Guinea says he could identify with most of the topics that were ...

29/10/2019

Development of doctrine is a people that walks together

The Synod for the Amazon has provoked a lively debate among Catholics. There are some who fear going astray from the path of Tradition. The history of the Church shows the path of ...

27/10/2019

Synod Symphony: Part Two

The Special Synod on the Pan-Amazon region concludes on a high note resonating once again the Lord’s desire that “you shall be my people, and I will be your God”.

27/10/2019

#AmazonSynod: The Synod in one minute

Pope Francis sums up the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon Region in his homily for the closing Mass on Sunday.

27/10/2019

Pope at Angelus: Synod for the Amazon “put out into the deep"

Pope Francis reflects on the Synod for the Pan-Amazon Region that concluded with the celebration of Holy Mass in St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday morning.

27/10/2019

Pope at Synod Closing Mass: The prayer of the poor reaches the clouds

Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass in St Peter’s Basilica for the closing of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region. In his homily, he presents three models of prayer.

26/10/2019

Amazon Synod: The Church committed to be an ally with Amazonia

Five chapters, plus an introduction and a brief conclusion: the Final Document of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region was released on the evening ...

26/10/2019

Cardinal Hummes: Synod cries out to humanity to save the planet

In an interview with Vatican News, Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, General Relator of the Synod and President of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM), explains the Final Document ...

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26/10/2019

Amazon Synod Final Press Briefing: The hope that comes from listening, reflecting, praying

Following the approval of the final document on the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, journalists hear from Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ, and Bishop David De Aguirre Guinea, OP, in ...

26/10/2019

Conversion and mission: this is how the Gospel can save the Amazon's peoples and land

The golden thread that runs through the final document of the Synod of Bishops on the Amazon.

26/10/2019

Pope Francis: Amazon Synod involves everyone

Following the approval of the Final Document on Saturday, Pope Francis closes the work of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, and tells them “we are all winners when we carry out ...

26/10/2019

#AmazonSynod: Putting God's gift at the center

As the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon Region begins wrapping up, we take a look at how Synod participants put the gift of God at the center of their deliberations.

25/10/2019

Amazon Synod: Final document presented in the Synod Hall

The 15th General Congregation of the Special Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian Region took place on Friday, 25 October, in the presence of Pope Francis. At the afternoon ...

25/10/2019

Pope Francis announces retrieval of indigenous statues

The Holy See Press Office has provided a transcription of Pope Francis’s remarks concerning several indigenous statues, stolen earlier this week and thrown into the Tiber River. ...

25/10/2019

Amazon Synod Briefing: Women, Ecumenism, and Martyrs

The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon enters its closing phase with Synod Fathers expected to vote on the final document on Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile, in the Holy See Press ...

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25/10/2019

Synod Symphony: Part 1

The Special Synod of Bishops on the Pan-Amazon region has been creating a Symphony of voices from the Amazon to the Synod Hall in Rome.

24/10/2019

Amazon Synod Briefing: an Amazonian rite and indigenous spirituality

While the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon continues discussions of the draft of the final document that will be voted on this Saturday, five Synod participants share their ...

24/10/2019

#AmazonSynod: Wisdom of the Amazonia

As the Synod for the Amazon Region works through its last week, we are reminded of Pope Francis' call to learn from the "ancient wisdom of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon."

23/10/2019

Amazon Synod Briefing: Role of women, inculturation, synodality

The role of women; inculturation; and synodality were some of the key topics highlighted at Wednesdays’ press briefing for the Synod on the Amazon.

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23/10/2019

Amazon Synod: Dorothy Stang, for the betterment of this world

The Synod on the Amazon has shed light on some of the martyrs who gave their life for the protection of the people of the Amazon. Among these is Sr Dorothy Stang, who was killed in ...

22/10/2019

Amazon Synod Briefing: Networking and co-responsibility

While the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon continues discussions on the draft of the final document, four Synod participants share their insights and experiences at a press briefing ...

22/10/2019

Saint John Henry Newman and the statuettes thrown into the Tiber River

The sad episode of the theft and destruction of Amazonian images.

22/10/2019

Fr Antonio Spadaro, SJ: Key themes from the Synod

In an interview with Vatican News, conducted via email, the Editor-in-Chief of the Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica, Fr Antonio Spadaro, S.J., highlights some of the key themes ...

22/10/2019

#AmazonSynod: Inside our common home

As the Synod for the Amazon Region begins its last week, we explore further inside this enclave of our common home.

21/10/2019

Prefect for Communication comments on theft of statues from Rome church

At the conclusion of a press briefing in the Vatican on Monday, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, Dr. Paolo Ruffini, says the theft of indigenous statues is a ...

21/10/2019

Amazon Synod Briefing: Giving a voice and visibility to indigenous peoples

Following the 14th General Congregation of the Synod for the Amazon on Monday morning, the Holy See Press Office hosts a press briefing during which four Synod participants respond ...

21/10/2019

Amazon Synod: Presentation of the draft of the final document

The 14th General Congregation of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region took place on the morning of Monday, 21 October, in the presence of Pope ...

20/10/2019

A group of Synod Fathers renews the “Pact of the Catacombs”

Following in the footsteps of some of the Council Fathers in 1965, a group of participants in the Synod on the Amazon goes to the Catacombs of Domitilla to reaffirm the ...

19/10/2019

Amazon Synod: Cardinal Gracias sees similarities between Amazonia and India

Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias is a Synod Father appointed by Pope Francis to the October 6-27 Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region. In an interview ...

19/10/2019

Amazon Synod: Cardinal Schönborn on “viri probati” and permanent deacons

Synod Father Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna is part of the group responsible for drafting the final document of the Special Assembly on the Amazon. He speaks to Vatican ...

18/10/2019

#AmazonSynod: Eye on the Amazon

The #AmazonSynod has closed its second week of work, and a new vision on the Amazon region is emerging.

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18/10/2019

Amazon Synod Press Conference: Ecological conversion and God’s dream

The Holy Press Office hosts a press conference on Friday during which four Synod participants share some of the issues that have emerged in the small working groups.

18/10/2019

Pope: beauty and art foster brotherhood, openness

Pope Francis on Friday inaugurated the “Anima Mundi” Ethnological Museum and the Amazonia Exhibition at the Vatican Museums.

18/10/2019

Amazon Synod: reports of small working groups

The 13th General Congregation took place on Thursday afternoon, October 17, and was devoted to the presentation of reports prepared in the small working groups. 177 Synod Fathers ...

18/10/2019

Synod for the Amazon: Pope meets with group of indigenous people

Pope Francis meets with a group of indigenous people participating in the Synod for the Pan-Amazon Region and confirms the need to inculturate the Gospel.

17/10/2019

Amazon Synod Briefing: Education and the rights of Nature

Synod participants continue their discussions in small working groups on Thursday morning, and a panel of experts share their experiences during a briefing at the Holy See Press ...

17/10/2019

Voices of the Synod: Bishop Lionel Gendron

Bishop Lionel Gendron, P.S.S., says both the Church and the world need a change of heart.

17/10/2019

Synod: A living dialogue with the people of the Amazon

Kenyan Consolata Sister Mary Agnes Mwangi shares her 19 year experience of being a missionary of dialogue with the people of the Amazon.

17/10/2019

Amazon Synod: 'For the 1st time the indigenous are the subjects of their own history'

Missionary Father Peter Hughes, says the Amazon Synod is finally giving the people of the Amazon the occasion to make their voices heard and to engage all of us in caring for our ...

17/10/2019

Voices of the Synod: Bishop Choennie, Suriname

The Bishop of Paramaribo in Suriname highlights the need for an ecological conversion and stresses the important role of women in the Church

17/10/2019

#AmazonSynod: Colors of the Synod

As it faces existential threats in the form of destructive human interventions, criminality, and pollution, the Amazon responds with its varied colors, which represent the strength ...

16/10/2019

Amazon Synod Press Briefing: The spiritual dynamic of the Synod

At the Synod for the Amazon on Wednesday, participants continued their discussions in small groups, as the assembly reached its halfway point.

16/10/2019

Voices of the Synod: Bishop Malzaire, Dominica

Bishop Malzaire says that no one is exempt from the effects of climate change and that Bishops have a responsibility to address the issue not only for the Amazon but for the world. ...

15/10/2019

Synod Day 8: Leaving room for the abundant outpouring of the Spirit

Pope Francis attended the 12th and final General Congregation of the Synod of Bishops on Tuesday afternoon. There were 173 Synod Fathers present. On Wednesday morning, Synod ...

15/10/2019

Voices of the Synod: Cardinal Kevin Farrell

The Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life says the Holy Spirit is offering “general guidance” at the Synod for the Amazon

15/10/2019

Amazon Synod Briefing: Migration and Inculturation

The Holy See Press Office hosts four Synod participants at a briefing on Tuesday afternoon, and summarizes the discussions at the 11th General Congregation of the Synod for the ...

15/10/2019

Amazon Synod: The need for a permanent episcopal Pan-Amazonian structure

The 11th General Congregation of the Special Synod for the Amazon Region on the theme “Amazonia: New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology” took place in the Vatican on ...

15/10/2019

Voices of the Synod: Francis Alleyne, Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana

Bishop Francis Alleyne, O.S.B., shares his thoughts on his hopes for the Synod, and on the role of religious in the Pan-Amazon region.

15/10/2019

#AmazonSynod: Evangelize, Mission, Amazon

As the Synod on the Pan-Amazon Region begins its 2nd week of work, we take a look at the vast beauty of the Amazon River Basin and the Church’s mission there.

14/10/2019

Synod Day 7: Appreciating the charism of the laity, distancing ourselves from clericalism

During the 10th General Congregation which took place on the afternoon of 14 October, the participants in the Special Amazon Synod continued their work. In addition to Pope ...

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14/10/2019

Cardinal Turkson on Amazon Synod: 'We must leave no one behind'

On the sidelines of the Synod for the Amazon, Cardinal Peter Turkson speaks of the need to include those who belong to the Amazonian peripheries in integral human development.

14/10/2019

Amazon Synod Briefing: New challenges and new solutions

Four participants at the Synod for the Amazon met journalists in the Holy See Press Office on Monday afternoon for an exchange of experiences and impressions regarding the 9th ...

14/10/2019

Amazon Synod: The Church’s commitment against violations of the rights of peoples

The ninth General Congregation marked the beginning of the second of three weeks of the Special Synod for the Amazon Region, which will end on October 27th. This morning there were ...

12/10/2019

Amazon Synod Day 6: That faith in the Spirit be stronger than the fear of erring

The first week of the three-week Special Synod for the Pan-Amazon region concluded on Saturday evening, 12 October. Along with the Pope, there were 166 Synod Fathers in the hall, ...

12/10/2019

Amazon Synod Briefing: Forming a Church with an indigenous face

On Day 6 of the Synod for the Amazon, journalists and Synod participants gather in the Holy See Press Office to share impressions and answer questions concerning the main themes ...

12/10/2019

#AmazonSynod in one word

"Participation", an "opportunity of encounter", an event always about "connections". There are many ways to understand and live the Synod on the Amazon Region, which is about to ...

11/10/2019

Amazon Synod Briefing: Ecological sins and integral responses

The Day 5 briefing in the Holy See Press Office hears testimonies and answers questions regarding the Synod for the Amazon.

10/10/2019

Amazon Synod Briefing: Ministers of the Word, face of indigenous Church

Participants share their personal experiences along with their impressions of Day 4 of the Synod for the Amazon with journalists during Thursday’s briefing in the Holy See Press ...

10/10/2019

Voices from the Amazon Synod

Participants in the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon include a number of lay men and women who have contributions to make to the ongoing discussions.

10/10/2019

Amazon Synod Day 3: The drama of drug trafficking and the call to ecological conversion

The sixth General Congregation of the Special Synod of Bishops for the Amazon region took place in the afternoon of the 9th of October in the presence of Pope Francis. The Synod ...

09/10/2019

Amazon Synod Briefing: Ecclesial presence and new forms of ministry

Two experts - Dr Carlos Afonso Nobre and Dr Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira - and an Amazonian Bishop, Erwin Kräutler, spoke with journalists at Wednesday's briefing at the Holy See ...

09/10/2019

Amazon Synod: Proposals for a female lay ministry

Synthesis of the Fifth General Congregation. 174 Synod Fathers were present for the Wednesday morning session.

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09/10/2019

New ministries and the Amazonian face of the Church

Joined with the cry of the earth and of indigenous peoples, is the cry of so many communities scattered across a vast territory who are asking for the Eucharist and the other ...

08/10/2019

Amazon Synod Day 2: The Church confesses "ecological sins"

The second working day of the special Synod for the Pan-Amazon Region ended with the fourth General Congregation. The afternoon session was held in the presence of the Pope, with ...

08/10/2019

Amazon Synod Briefing: Defending and protecting indigenous peoples

At the press briefing following the morning’s General Congregation, the Prefect for the Dicastery for Communication reviews the various topics raised in the opening days of the ...

08/10/2019

#AmazonSynod. Young people, protagonists of integral ecology

On the afternoon of Monday, 7 October, the work of the Synod for the Pan-Amazon Region continued in the presence of the Pope, with the 2nd General Congregation and with the ...

07/10/2019

Synod: Summary of the second General Congregation of the Synod Fathers

The Synod Fathers meet for a second time on Monday to discuss some of the main topics of the day. Members of the Commission for the elaboration of the Final Document and of the ...

07/10/2019

Amazonia: the women religious who "hear confessions"

The first briefing of the Synod hears about the experience of women religious in villages where priests visit very rarely. We cannot give absolution, they say, but we think of the ...

07/10/2019

Synod: People of Amazon must be protagonists

The first press briefing for the Synod for the Amazon took place Monday afternoon at the Holy See Press Office.

07/10/2019

Pope opens Synod discussions: urges understanding and service

Pope Francis opens discussions at the Synod for the Amazon, reminding participants of the pastoral dimension of the gathering, and the need to focus on understanding and serving ...

07/10/2019

#AmazonSynod. Amazonia in the eyes and heart of the Pope

The Pope opens the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, recalling our brothers and sisters in Amazonia who are “bearing heavy crosses and awaiting the liberating consolation of the ...

06/10/2019

Pope opens Synod for the Amazon, calling for fidelity to the newness of the Spirit

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St Peter’s Basilica for the Opening of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region. In his homily, the Pope urges the ...

04/10/2019

How has the Synod on the Pan-Amazon region unfolded?

It was on a Sunday during his greeting to the crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square on 15 October 2017 for the recitation of the Angelus that the Holy Father announced the Synod on ...

04/10/2019

What has Pope Francis said about the Amazon?

Before and after Pope Francis convoked the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region in October 2017, he has spoken several times about this precious land ...

04/10/2019

What are some environmental concerns in the Amazon region?

From 6-27 October, a Synod of Bishops will be discussing the Pan-Amazon region. Included in their discussions will be the ecological crisis this region is facing.

04/10/2019

Pope consecrates Synod for the Amazon to Saint Francis of Assisi

During a highly symbolic tree-planting ceremony in the Vatican Gardens on Friday, Pope Francis places the upcoming Synod for the Amazon under the protection of Saint Francis of ...

25/08/2019

Pope Francis on Amazon: That forest lung is vital for our planet

Pope Francis prays that Amazon fires might be contained as possible.

24/08/2019

Cardinal Hummes: stop the predators of the Amazonian rain forest

In the preface to a new book published ahead of the October Pan-Amazonian Synod of Bishops, Brazilian Cardinal Cláudio Hummes reflects on “New models of development”, and on the ...

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17/08/2019

Pope Francis hospital ship brings Word of God, health care to Amazon region

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

09/08/2019

Pope: isolationism and populism lead to war

In an interview with the Italian daily La Stampa-Vatican Insider, Pope Francis says that Europe needs to respect identities of peoples without closing itself in. He touches upon ...

31/07/2019

Scalabrinian missionaries decry killing of indigenous leader in Amazon Rainforest

Missionaries in Brazil say the murder of an indigenous leader in the country’s rainforest sounds the alarm on recent policies that have opened up protected Amazon territory to ...

30/06/2019

The Pan-Amazon Synod – Walking Together in an Ecclesial Kairos

A contribution by Mauricio Lopez Oropeza, co-founder and executive secretary of REPAM, the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network, founded in 2014 in Brasilia.

17/06/2019

Synod for the Amazon: ‘Instrumentum Laboris’ released

The ‘Instrumentum Laboris’ (the Working Document) of the upcoming Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian Region is released in the Vatican. The Synod takes ...

17/05/2019

Working document of Synod on the Pan-Amazon Region approved

During its May 14-15 meeting in the Vatican, the second Pre-Synodal Council of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region approved the Instrumentum ...

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