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October 7, 2019

Cardinal Hummes introduces synod topics: Don't fear what is new

Pope Francis speaks at the start of the first session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 7, 2019.

VATICAN CITY -- With its mandate to seek "new pathways for the church and for an integral ecology," the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon follows Pope Francis' call for the church to move forward without fear, Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes told participants.

Published in Vatican
March 25, 2017

Indigenous, accompanied by church, fight for rights in Amazon rainforest

Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, president of the Pan-Amazonian Church Network, poses for a photo in Washington March 23. He said Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," made it clear that the church "must participate in the defense of the Amazon."

WASHINGTON – The railroad runs more than 550 miles through 27 communities in the Brazilian Amazon. It runs so close to people's homes that the houses have cracked, and some people have hearing loss.

Published in International