At Amazon synod, UN expert says Catholic Church still behind on gender equality
Vatican CityRNS A United Nations representative for the rights of Indigenous peoples who is participating in the Catholic bishops synod on the Amazon said Tuesday that the church still has a ways to go in terms of women’s representation. Victoria Lucia Tauli-Corpuz, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples, criticised the lack […]
Pope urges respect for Indigenous Amazon peoples at start of three-week gathering
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis on Monday told an assembly of bishops discussing the Amazon region of South America that modern society should not try to impose its rules on Indigenous people but respect their culture and let them chart their own future. Francis, who is from Argentina, was addressing the opening of the first working […]
CATHOLIC CHURCH: OPPOSITION TO AMAZON SYNOD SPURS NEW RIGHT-WING COALITION IN BRAZIL
EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA, of Religion News Service, reports from Brazil ahead of the Vatican’s Amazon synod which starts this Sunday…
As Vatican summit on the Amazon nears, differing camps frame the debate
Vatican CityRNS As the Vatican inches closer to a gathering of bishops to discuss the Amazon region, key players vie to frame the main issues likely to emerge at the 6th to 27th October event, from the need for further involvement of women to the possibility of ordaining married men. At a news conference near […]
US clerics O’Malley, McElroy selected to attend Amazon synod at Vatican
RNS Cardinal Seán O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston, and Bishop Robert McElroy of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego have been invited to participate in the Vatican’s Amazon synod, two of three Americans selected to participate in the prominent gathering of Catholic clerics. The Vatican announced Saturday morning that the men will join some 185 voting clerics for […]