Friday, February 28, 2025
A group of 100 scientists, environmentalists, social activists and Catholics — including 21 bishops — released a public letter Feb. 18 criticizing the Lula administration's plans for oil exploration near the mouth of the Amazon River. [In the picture: Fr. Dario Bossi, Comboni missionary in Brazil, Patiachi Taylor and Leah Rose Casimero leave the final session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 26, 2019. (CNS/Paul Haring). Text: Eduardo Campos Lima – Earthbeat]