The Upcoming Amazon Synod: Why We Should All Cheer
updated 7 October 2019 Sunday, 6 October, the Amazon Special Synod will begin in Vatican City. It promises to be something destined to remain in History, not only in that of the church. More than 180 clergy members among bishops and cardinals
The Open Amazon and its Enemies: A Call for Action and Optimism
June and July have been the hottest months on record in the Western Hemisphere as the climate crisis escalates. This summer, the ice in Greenland has been melting at an unseen rate under an unprecedented heat wave. Droughts and wildfires
Oil spills: A Double-Standard World
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This is the emblematic story of two oil spills: one in the developed world, the other in the Third World, the BP case in the Golf of Mexico vs. Chevron-Texaco in the Amazon. In the photo: Aerial view of the amazon The