By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú, National Catholic Register, Aug. 19, 2025
Almudena Martínez-Bordiú is Rome correspondent for ACI Prensa and EWTN.
ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 19, 2025 / 14:33 pm – Pope Leo XIV sent a telegram to the bishops of the Amazon region participating in a meeting in Bogotá, Colombia, this week, reminding them of the importance of caring for nature without becoming slaves or worshippers of it.
In his message, addressed to Cardinal Pedro Barreto Jimeno, president of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon, the Holy Father thanked the prelates for their “efforts made to promote the greater good of the Church in favor of the faithful of the beloved Amazonian territory.”
Recalling what was learned during the Synod on the Amazon in 2019, the pontiff urged the bishops to seek, based on the unity and collegiality proper to an “episcopal body,” ways to help “diocesan bishops and apostolic vicars concretely and effectively carry out their mission.”
To achieve this, Pope Leo XIV proposed three dimensions: the Church’s mission to proclaim the Gospel to all people, the just treatment of the peoples who live there, and the care of our common home. …
