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The Synod gives us cause to celebrate, but the challenge ahead is both more complex and closer to home. Reports of police brutality in France and of violent clashes between climate protesters and commuters in Britain are ominous.
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The Pope, the Synod and Reform
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Pope Frances spoke at the closing of the Amazon Synod on Sunday, 26 October, referring to the cultural, ecological, social and pastoral dimensions, and more.
Vatican Media
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The Amazon Synod, world news
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Climate Home News, a London based on-line journal, reports on the Catholic Church's condemnation of 'ecocidal' projects in the Amazon and on its backing of an indigenous-led development plan.
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The Synod, an informal view
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An informal and vibrant sense of the Synod is presented on the website of CIDSE, a network of Catholic Social Justice Organisations. The more interesting bits, as is often the case, are in the links!
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The road is getting bumpy!
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Protest is an essential and effective part of the climate action movement. Discipline is needed to remain peaceful. Strategy is needed when police and other citizens turn violent. See editorial above.
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Fiche 25 - 'Le Juste Temps'
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This is the 25th 'Fiche' or sheets, produced by a group of French Jesuits on how to live in tune with the environment. It reflects on 'rapidification' (a term used by Pope Francis) and 'le question de savoir s'arreter'.
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Edmond Grace SJ, Eco-Bites editor, is attending the Annual Meeting of Ecojesuit, the global network 'connecting Jesuits people and ecology' in Mumbai, India.
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The triumph of Hope
Edmond Grace SJ
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Eco-bites is a monthly online newsletter of the Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC) on integral ecology.
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