God’s creation groans in the Amazon forest, a sacred space for 34 million people suffering from the growth of inequality, land invasion, extractivism, relaxation of environmental laws, criminalization and murder of its defenders, and arson orchestrated by agribusiness—all of it made worse by proselytizing.
A Criação de Deus padece na Floresta Amazônica, um espaço sagrado para 34 milhões de pessoas que sofrem com o crescimento da desigualdade, invasões de terras, extrativismo, relaxamento de leis ambientais, criminalização e assassinato de seus defensores/as e incêndios criminosos orquestrados pelo agronegócio. E tudo isso vem sido exacerbado pelo proselitismo.
The World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network (WCC-EWN) invites you to use the season of Lent to reflect on water. Since 2008, EWN has been providing weekly theological reflections and other resources on water for the seven weeks of Lent and for World Water Day on 22 March. This year, the focus is on Latin America.
In La Paz, an ecumenical delegation delivered to Bolivian government officials a statement on ethical principles for a new global economic system. The statement was received by Bolivian minister of the presidency Juan Ramon Quintana at the government palace on 9 January.