Letter of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life on the Synod for the Amazon

“Dear Sisters, Dear Brothers,

We greet you in the peace of Christ.

We are already beginning the celebration of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops- october 2019 - on the theme "The Amazon: New Paths for the Church and for an Integrai Ecology". lt is within this synodal context that we feel the desire to express our closeness and appreciation for who you are and what you share, as Consecrated Life, which promotes the groups of peoples living in these regions, so rich but also so challenging in several respects. You are a living testimony of the Merciful God, each Institut according to its own Charism, inserted in the reality of the people, often in the midst of many necessities, often in anonymity and without avoiding conflicts or even the martyrdom for the double fidelity to the people and to the Gospel…”

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