Querida Amazonia: The Beloved Amazon

by Pope Francis

Overview

In his new apostolic exhortation, Querida Amazonia ("The Beloved Amazon"), Pope Francis offers a response to the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon held in Rome in October 2019 and its final document The Amazon: New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology. The pope writes this exhortation to all the faithful calling us to the task of addressing the serious social, environmental, and spiritual issues facing the region, sharing his four dreams for the people of the Amazon: A social dream - in which we fight for the dignity of the poor in the region, A cultural dream - in which the riches and beauty of the Amazonian culture is preserved, An ecological dream - in which we all strive to preserve the natural beauty of the Amazon, An ecclesial dream - in which the faithful boldly create paths of inculturation, so that the goodness of the Amazonian culture is brought to fulfillment in light of the Gospel Pope Francis asks: "How can we not struggle together? How can we not pray and work together, side by side, to defend the poor of the Amazon region, to show the sacred countenance of the Lord, and to care for his work of creation?"

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681926889
Publisher:	Our Sunday Visitor, Publishing Division
Publication date:	02/18/2020
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.30(d)

Table of Contents

The Beloved Amazon 7

Chapter 1 A Social Dream

I Injustice and crime 11

II To feel outrage and to beg forgiveness 14

III A sense of community 17

IV Broken institutions 19

V Social dialogue 20

Chapter 2 A Cultural Dream

I The Amazonian polyhedron 23

II Caring for roots 25

III Intercultural encounter 27

IV Endangered cultures, peoples at risk 28

Chapter 3 An Ecological Dream

I This dream made of water 32

II The cry of the Amazon region 35

III The prophecy of contemplation 38

IV Ecological education and habits 40

Chapter 4 An Ecclesial Dream

I The message that needs to be heard in the Amazon 43

II Inculturation 45

III Paths of inculturation in the Amazon region 47

IV Social and spiritual inculturation 50

V Starting points for an Amazonian holiness 51

VI The inculturation of the liturgy 53

VII Inculturation of forms of ministry 55

VIII Communities filled with life 58

IX The strength and gift of women 60

X Expanding horizons beyond conflicts 62

XI Ecumenical and interreligious coexistence 64

Conclusion Mother of the Amazon Region 67

Notes 71