{"id":50183,"date":"2017-10-16T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T10:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2017\/10\/16\/pope-calls-for-a-synod-on-the-amazon\/"},"modified":"2017-10-16T12:43:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T10:43:00","slug":"pope-calls-for-a-synod-on-the-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2017\/10\/16\/pope-calls-for-a-synod-on-the-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope calls for a synod on the Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pope has personally announced that he has convened a special <strong>synod for the Pan-Amazon region<\/strong>. It will be in October 2019, and will be attended by bishops from this area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>POPE FRANCIS<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>'The purpose of this convocation is to identify new paths for the evangelization of God\u2019s people in that region, especially the indigenous people who are often forgotten and without the prospect of a serene future. It is also because of the crisis of the Amazonian rainforest, a \u2018lung\u2019 of primary importance for our planet.'<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The synod on the Amazon will touch on a variety of issues ranging from <strong>ecology<\/strong>, to the l<strong>ack of priests and religious <\/strong>in the region.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most active Catholic initiatives in the area is the <strong>Latin American Church\u2019s transnational network, Red Eclesial PanAmaz\u00f3nica<\/strong> (REPAM). Its website explains the challenges of the region covering more than two million square miles in nine countries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is home to almost <strong>2,800,000 indigenous people<\/strong>, who consider the land where their ancestors are buried to be sacred. Among them are <strong>137 isolated<\/strong> and uncontacted villages.<\/p>\n<p>REPAM says they are in danger because of the <strong>aggressions<\/strong> of national states, mining companies, oil companies, loggers, livestock, agro-exporting and mega-hydroelectric companies.<\/p>\n<p>They are from populations that are often ignored, with no voice or force to defend their interests and their cultures. Alone in the face of danger, the pope now calls on Catholics in the area to <strong>find solutions<\/strong> for their plight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 16, 2017. It will be October 2019 and will address issues like the environmental crisis and lack of clergy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":28202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3dWAfjNKVDE","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsinodoeng.mov","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsinodoint.mov","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}