The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has released the post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Querida Amazonia – Beloved Amazonia.
The document traces new paths of evangelisation and care for the environment and the poor. Pope Francis hopes for a new missionary thrust, and encourages the role of the laity within the ecclesial community.
You can download the full text of Querida Amazonia here. We also have the Vatican’s useful Synthesis on the document. You may also find it useful to refer to the 2015 Papal Encyclical Laudato ‘si – On the Care for our Common Home.
Pope Francis explains ‘the significance of this Exhortation’ enriched with references to documents of the Episcopal Conferences of the countries that make up the Amazon region, as well as of poetry written by poets connected to the Amazon. He emphasises that he desires ‘to offer my own response’ that the Synod evoked in him, and explains that he does not intend to substitute or duplicate the Final Document which he invites us to read ‘in full’. Pope Francis prays that the entire Church might allow itself to be ‘enriched and challenged’ by it and that the Church in the Amazon might strive ‘to apply it’.
Read the full article on the significance of Querida Amazonia.
Special Synod on the Amazon – ENGLISH SECTION
26/10/19
Special Synod on the Amazon – FINAL DOCUMENT
Puerto Maldonado, 19/01/18
Pope Francis – MEETING WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF AMAZONIA
7/10/19
Pope Francis – OPENING OF THE WORKS OF THE SPECIAL ASSEMBLY
Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, 7/10/19
INTRODUCTORY REPORT of the General Relator at the Synod
