“In Brazil, the Cerrado savanna region experienced more deforestation in 2023 than the Amazon, with losses of nearly two-thirds of the deforestation observed in the country, with the vast majority of these operations appearing to be illegal.”
“Now, with Pope Francis' support and a fresh interest from the younger generation, their members want to grow again. Last week, some 1,000 CEBs leaders from all parts of Brazil gathered in Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso state, for a national encounter,”
“The 1st step is to create a relationship with the community. I.e., parishioners could take turns praying in front of the statue of a particularly venerated saint, and thus offer to pray for the intentions of people who have come to light a candle or have a time of meditation in the church. ”
“He therefore set aside the idea, even though the Brazilian bishops in 1990 had already presented John Paul II with a petition, signed by the 226 members of the Conference, communicating the aspirations of their faithful regarding the opening of the cause.”
“ the global program for putting Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical into practice throughout the Catholic Church, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in Ohio had chosen their guide for the journey: martyred Sr. Dorothy Stang, who was murdered in Brazil in 2005.”
“BCCs are concentrated, the economic crisis, hunger and unemployment leave no respite for the inhabitants. When Pope Francis speaks of the "most vulnerable or marginalized" in the Vademecum (or handbook) of the Synod on synodality, it is they who come to mind.”
“In Brazil, Dorothy Stang (1931-2005), an American nun and environmental activist belonging to the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, is another exemplar. Dorothy lived and worked in Anapu, in the State of Pará, where she co-founded Esperança ”
“The Holy See has instructed the ultra-conservative religious order, the Heralds of the Gospel, to close the boarding schools it operates in Brazil to educate children and adolescents. The aim is to protect the residential students from the high risk of psychological and sexual violence. ”
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