During a briefing at the Vatican press office, Cardinal Hummes and Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, responded to a journalist’s question regarding criticisms against the synod and its working document, also known as the “Instrumentum Laboris.”
Synod document is to aid discussion, not be church teaching, cardinal says
Dialogue with indigenous: Understanding that ‘we are simple stewards’
By convening a special synod on the Amazon at the Vatican in October, Pope Francis will be giving greater exposure to the church’s deep concern for the people and the ecosystem on which they depend.
Women in Amazon take more prominent role in environmental protection
Indigenous participants from South America’s Amazon region attended the Integral Ecology summit at Georgetown University in Washington.