Pope Francis on Sunday called for an end to the plundering of the Amazon basin, ...
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Sunday called for an end to the plundering of the Amazon basin, as he closed an assembly of Roman Catholic bishops who discussed the challenges the Church faces in the region.
The milestone proposal could lead to a landmark change in the Church’s centuries-old discipline of celibacy. “They despise their traditions, erase their history, occupy their lands, and usurp their goods. How much alleged superiority, transformed into oppression and exploitation, exists even today!” he said.
The bishops proposed that the Church define what would constitute the “ecological sin” of harming the environment and also introduce specific ministries for the care of nature.
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