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Amazon Synod: Catholic leaders are meeting to debate big changes.
Source: CNN
Catholic leaders are meeting to debate big changes. Here's what you need to know about the Vatican's 'Amazon synod'
By Delia Gallagher, CNN
Updated 1907 GMT (0307 HKT) October 4, 2019
Rome (CNN) — A major change may be coming to the Catholic Church from an unlikely place: the Amazon.
This Sunday kicks off a three-week meeting of bishops at the Vatican to discuss, among other things, ordaining some married men as priests to help alleviate a shortage of Catholic clergy in the nine countries of the Amazon region.
Pope Francis convened the meeting, called a synod, to discuss environmental and religious issues in the Amazon and give special attention to the needs of indigenous communities there.
The region includes parts of Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana. The Vatican has invited 184 bishops and priests from those countries and from around the world to participate in the synod and vote on measures. Thirty-five women, mostly religious sisters and nuns, have been invited but will not have voting rights.
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By Delia Gallagher, CNN
Updated 1907 GMT (0307 HKT) October 4, 2019
Rome (CNN) — A major change may be coming to the Catholic Church from an unlikely place: the Amazon.
This Sunday kicks off a three-week meeting of bishops at the Vatican to discuss, among other things, ordaining some married men as priests to help alleviate a shortage of Catholic clergy in the nine countries of the Amazon region.
Pope Francis convened the meeting, called a synod, to discuss environmental and religious issues in the Amazon and give special attention to the needs of indigenous communities there.
The region includes parts of Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana. The Vatican has invited 184 bishops and priests from those countries and from around the world to participate in the synod and vote on measures. Thirty-five women, mostly religious sisters and nuns, have been invited but will not have voting rights.
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/04/world/vatican-amazon-synod/index.html
