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May 19, 2020

Catholic leaders warn of humanitarian, environmental tragedy in Amazon

Vanderlecia Ortega dos Santos is seen with her family in their kitchen in Manaus, Brazil, May 7, 2020. Santos is a nurse who has volunteered to provide the only frontline care protecting her indigenous community of 700 families during the COVID-19 pandemic.

LIMA, Peru -- Catholic leaders warn that as the coronavirus pandemic spreads into the Amazon basin, the region may face a "humanitarian and environmental tragedy."

Published in International
September 1, 2017

'Hear the cry of the earth,' Pope and patriarch urge in ecology message

Women carry children as they make their way through a flooded area Aug. 20 in Bogra, Bangladesh.

VATICAN CITY - Environmental destruction is a sign of a "morally decaying scenario" in which too many people ignore or deny that, from the beginning, "God intended humanity to cooperate in the preservation and protection of the natural environment," said the leaders of the Catholic and Orthodox churches.

Published in International