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February 22, 2020

Luke Stocking: Voice of Sr. Dorothy echoes in exhortation

Sr. Dorothy Stang was known as a fierce defender of a sustainable development project for the Amazon forest.

Fifteen years ago, on Feb. 12, a 73-year-old nun walked along a rural road in the Amazon region of Para state in Brazil. She was followed by two men with guns — Clodoaldo Carlos Batista and Raifran das Neves Sales. Both men worked for a livestock company. They asked her if she had any weapons. In response she showed them her Bible and began to read, “Blessed are the poor in spirit ….” 

Published in Register Columnists
August 26, 2019

Amazon wildfires point to need for upcoming synod, Bolivian bishop says

Firefighters near Robore, Bolivia, walk where wildfires have destroyed the forest Aug. 19, 2019.

LIMA, Peru -- Wildfires raging in Bolivia and Brazil underscore the urgency of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon that Pope Francis has called for October, said Bishop Eugenio Coter of the apostolic vicariate of Pando in northern Bolivia.

Published in International
August 26, 2019

Pope Francis joins bishops urging action to save burning Amazon rainforest

Fires burning in the Amazon rainforest are pictured from space by the geostationary weather satellite GOES-16 Aug. 21, 2019. Leaders of the Latin American bishops' council urged international action Aug. 22 to save the rainforest as massive fires continued to burn.

VATICAN CITY -- Describing the Amazon rainforest as "vital for our planet," Pope Francis joined the regions bishops in praying for action to extinguish the massive fires burning there.

Published in Faith