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Among the main concerns they mentioned were the role of the laity, especially of women; the contribution of the church on ecology in light of the encyclical “Laudato Si’”; and “spiritual conversation,” a method of discernment that was adopted to structure discussions during the first assembly that could become a major legacy of the synod.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- People coming from cultures that promote consumerism over caring for the planet should look to Indigenous communities as models for developing an ecologically conscious mentality, the first cardinal from the Amazon region said. "To save the Amazon is to save the whole planet," Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner of Manaus, Brazil, told Catholic News Service Oct. 23. "The Amazon really is a symbol, a symbol of the need to change our mentality, to be less consumer...

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“Synodality helps us a lot because it is the communities that tell us how to be a church, rather than a bishop telling the people how to be church,” Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner of Manaus, Brazil, said.

‘We welcome with love and respect, but true love cannot be separated from truth because if love is separated from truth, it is no longer love,’ Archbishop Sta...

ANALYSIS: There will be more than 450 participants at the October gathering; here are some to keep your eye on.

ANALYSIS: There will be more than 450 participants at the October gathering; here are some to keep your eye on.

In the presence of nearly 60,000 people, the beatification of Brazilian Benigna Cardoso da Silva, known as the heroine of chastity for dying defending her purity at age 13, was celebrated Oct. 24.

Brazil’s newly named Cardinal Leonardo Steiner declared homosexual acts are only sinful for Christians so gay unions should be approved.

Apostolic Constitution emphasizes a missionary approach by the Roman Curia and the missionary dimension of the Church