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U.S.-born Sister Dorothy Stang, a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, is pictured in a 2004 file photo in Belem, northern Brazil. The nun was 73 when she was murdered Feb. 12, 2005, on an isolated road near the Brazilian town of Anapu. She had lived in the country for nearly four decades and was known as a fierce defender of a sustainable development project for the Amazon forest. (CNS photo/Reuters)

Brazil remembers Sister Dorothy Stang; landless defenders still threatened

Lise Alves
February 12, 2020
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Feb. 12 was the 15th anniversary of Sister Dorothy Stang’s assassination in the Amazon region of Brazil. The U.S.-born nun is remembered as a crusader for the poor and the landless and for her love of the land and the Amazon forest.

Deacon Shainkiam Yampik Wananch prays in a chapel in Wijint, a village in the Peruvian Amazon, Aug. 20, 2019. In Pope Francis' postsynodal apostolic exhortation, "Querida Amazonia," released Feb. 12, 2020, the pontiff acknowledged the serious shortage of priests in remote areas of the Amazon, but he insisted not all avenues have been exhausted to address the issue. (CNS photo/Maria Cervantes, Reuters)

Pope says there is no quick fix for priest shortage in Amazon region

Junno Arocho Esteves
February 12, 2020
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Pope Francis acknowledged the serious shortage of priests in remote areas of the Amazon, but he insisted not all avenues have been exhausted to address the issue.

Copies of Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation, "Querida Amazonia" (Beloved Amazonia), are pictured at a news conference for the release of the exhortation at the Vatican Feb. 12, 2020. The document contains the pope's conclusions from the 2019 Synod of Bishops for the Amazon. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope shares his ‘dreams’ for Amazon region, its Catholic community

Cindy Wooden
February 12, 2020
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Pope Francis said he dreams of an Amazon region where the rights of the poor and indigenous are respected, local cultures are preserved, nature is protected, and the Catholic Church is present and active with “Amazonian features.”

Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson of the Knights of Columbus prepares to speak at a news conference in Rome Feb. 11, 2020. The news conference was held to highlight the work of the Knights at the Vatican and in Rome as they mark the 100th anniversary of their active presence in the Eternal City. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Knights of Columbus celebrate 100 years in Rome

Carol Glatz
February 11, 2020
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Less than 40 years after its humble beginnings in New Haven, Connecticut, the Knights of Columbus was invited by Pope Benedict XV to establish a permanent presence in Rome.

Pope Francis is pictured with U.S. bishops from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming during their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican Feb. 10, 2020. The bishops were making their "ad limina" visits to report on the status of their dioceses. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

U.S. bishops ask pope about Amazon synod, discuss range of issues

Catholic News Service
February 11, 2020
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Talking about debates, differences and discernment, Pope Francis told a group of U.S. bishops that people focused on the possibility of ordaining some married men and women deacons for service in the Amazon will be disappointed in his apostolic exhortation.

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