Pope Francis greets representatives of the indigenous peoples of Amazonia during a homily at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on October 6, 2019.

Fire in the Amazon: Pope Francis Denounces “Destructive Interests”

The fires that ravaged the Amazon this summer are at the heart of the synod that opened in the Vatican Sunday 6th October 2019 bringing together 113 bishops from the Panamazonian zone. The Pope Francis denounced Sunday 6th October 2019 “the greed of new colonialism” and lamented the fires lit “by interests that destroy,” by opening a synod dedicated to […]

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