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Amazon Synod 2019
Synod Delegates Make a Pilgrimage to Rome’s Catacombs
Hundreds of delegates took a break from their discussions of synodality to visit the catacombs of St. Sebastian and St. Callistus located on Rome’s ancient Appian Way on Oct. 12.
In Querida Amazonia, Pope Calls for Women in Church Leadership, But Not Diaconate
Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Amazon calls for women in the South American region to be included in new forms of service in the Church, but not within the ordained ministries of the permanent diaconate or priesthood.
Querida Amazonia: What Pope Francis Said, and Didn't, on Priesthood and Marriage
While Pope Francis was expected to focus in the apostolic exhortation published today on a proposal to ordain married priests in the Amazon region, the pope instead emphasized the importance of collaboration in apostolic ministry by Catholics in various states of life.
Pope Francis' Amazon Exhortation Calls for Holiness, Not Married Priests
Pope Francis published his response to the Vatican’s 2019 Amazon synod in an apostolic exhortation Wednesday. Despite widespread speculation following the synod, the pope does not call for married priests, but seeks to expand “horizons beyond conflicts.”
Pope's Exhortation on Amazon Synod to Come Out Next Week
Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Amazon region will be published Feb. 12, the Vatican announced Friday.
Analysis: Will Francis Send Amazon Celibacy Decision up the River?
A leaked draft of an anticipated apostolic exhortation on the Amazon started a flurry of speculation last week that Pope Francis plans to allow the ordination of married men to the priesthood for ministry in the region.
Leaked Amazon Synod Text on Priestly Ordination of Married Men a Draft
A text presented Friday by Roberto de Mattei of Corrispondenza Romana as a portion of Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation following the Amazon synod is a draft, and not necessarily the final version, according to a Vatican source.
Vatican: Pope Francis not in Favor of Optional Priestly Celibacy
A Vatican spokesman said Monday that Pope Francis’ position on priestly celibacy is “known,” quoting the pontiff’s remarks in a January 2019 press conference, in which he said he does not agree with making priestly celibacy “optional” in the Latin rite.
Benedict XVI, Cardinal Sarah Pen Book on Priesthood, Celibacy, Crisis
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, have co-authored a book on the crisis in the Church and on priestly ministry.
Austrian Man Claims he Threw 'Pachamama' Statues into the Tiber
In a video uploaded on YouTube Nov. 4, a young man from Austria claims that he was one of the two men who took five controversial statues from a church near the Vatican and threw them into the Tiber River.
Pope Francis decries ‘predatory models of development’ in Amazon synod closing Mass
Pope Francis denounced exploitation and “predatory models of development” that plunder the poor and wound “sister earth” in the Amazon Synod closing Mass Sunday.
Church must convert from cultural, ecological sins, Amazon synod concludes
The Amazon synod final document, published Saturday, laid out the need to define “ecological sins” while calling the Church to walk new paths of “integral conversion.”
Amazon synod document calls for married priests and increased role for women
The 33-page document, approved Oct. 26, is the result of a three-week meeting in Rome.
Pope asks for focus on 'diagnosis' of Amazon synod report; warns against ‘elite Christians’ focusing on the ‘little things’
In his closing remarks for the Amazon synod Saturday, Pope Francis urged the media not to give undue attention to aspects of the assembly's final report addressing Church discipline while ignoring the assembly’s “diagnoses” of cultural, social, pastoral and ecological issues in the Pan-Amazonian region.
Pope Francis Apologizes that Amazon Synod 'Pachamama' Was Thrown into Tiber River
After controversial statues were thrown into Rome’s Tiber River, Pope Francis has issued an apology during Friday’s afternoon session of the Vatican’s Synod of Bishops on the Amazon.
Cardinal Turkson Says Ordination of Married Men May be Subject of Further Study
Cardinal Peter Turkson said Monday that the ordination of married men will likely be the subject of further study for the universal Church after the Amazon synod.
Amazon Synod's Controversial Carved Figures Thrown into Tiber River
A video uploaded to YouTube on Oct. 21 shows two men taking several wooden figures of a nude pregnant woman from a church near the Vatican and throwing them into the Tiber River.
On World Mission Day, Pope Urges Catholics to Share Christ's Love with All
Jesus Christ desires that all people know him and his love, and every Catholic has the mission of sharing this love with the world, Pope Francis said Sunday at Mass for World Mission Day.
The Amazon Synod, by the Numbers
Here are a few facts about the Amazon synod, as told by the numbers.
Cardinal Sarah: Ideological Push in Amazon Synod an 'insult to God'
The push by some Westerners to use the Vatican’s Amazon synod to advance their personal agendas is an insult to God and his plan for the Church, Cardinal Robert Sarah said in an interview published this week.
