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Pope affirms Catholic Church's duty to indigenous Amazonians hurt by climate change

  • Written by Vincent J. Miller, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Dayton
Pope Francis at the start of the Amazon synod, at the Vatican, Oct. 7, 2019.AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

The Catholic Church “hears the cry” of the Amazon and its peoples. That’s the message Pope Francis hopes to send at the Synod of the Amazon, a three-week meeting at the Vatican that ends Oct. 27.

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