Pope Francis approves new bishops’ body to remake regional church with ‘amazonian face’ Cardinal Hummes announced a new Pan-Amazonian episcopal body that was based on recommendations in the Amazon Synod's final document. Blogs Maike Hickson • Apr 8, 2020Jun 18, 2021
Top cardinal behind Amazon synod: Plan for married priests to be ‘developed and completed’ Cardinal Hummes said that the Pope 'clearly says that the whole Church will strive to put this final document into practice' which calls for married priests. News Martin M. Barillas • Feb 14, 2020Jun 18, 2021
Rowdy Vatican press room: Synod panelists yell at reporters, reporters yell at each other Thursday's presser was a bit ugly, and for the first time, I left it angry. Blogs Dorothy Cummings McLean • Oct 25, 2019Jun 18, 2021
At synod, collapse of Amazon’s Catholic faith takes backseat to ‘more important questions’ In all, fully 46 percent of the 34 million inhabitants of the region have in recent decades abandoned the Catholic Church. News Sandro Magister • Oct 18, 2019Jun 18, 2021
Amazon Synod shows good and evil becoming friends in the Vatican Good and evil no longer clash. They cooperate to save the Earth and biodiversity. This is the message. Opinion Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent • Oct 17, 2019Jul 30, 2021
Key synod organizers: Critiques of working document are ‘complete nonsense,’ ‘inappropriate’ Bishop Erwin Kräutler's criticism of Cardinal Walter Brandmüller were published by the Vatican's official media organ. Blogs Maike Hickson • Oct 10, 2019Jun 18, 2021
German bishops have been funding the Liberation Theology connected to the Amazon Synod for decades The German bishops poured 26 million euros into Liberation Theology efforts over the past few decades. Blogs Maike Hickson • Oct 7, 2019Jun 18, 2021
Plans to remake Church with ‘Amazonian face’ began with Pope Francis’ 2013 election Key dates of the history of the Amazon Synod's preparation go back to 2013. Blogs Maike Hickson • Sep 19, 2019Jun 18, 2021
Radical liberation theologians push for overthrow of Catholic doctrine at Amazon synod Synod preparatory document pushes women 'priests,' says Christianity isn't only true religion News Maike Hickson and Matthew Cullinan Hoffman • Sep 3, 2019Jun 18, 2021
German relief agencies financing Amazon Synod, predict ‘unmistakable’ change in Church The German relief agencies hope the synod will be a means of decentralizing Church governance away from Rome. News Diane Montagna • Jul 19, 2019Jun 18, 2021