Amazonia Synod 10: Change cannot just be cosmetic

Amazonia Synod 10: Change cannot just be cosmetic

This reflection by Fr Jim Mulroney is the tenth in a series of Columban articles published in preparation for the Synod on Amazonia at the Vatican in October 2019. High on a mountain in Australia’s southern island-state of Tasmania, an enthusiastic young guide...
Ellen Teague of Columban JPIC on the Synod on Amazonia

Ellen Teague of Columban JPIC on the Synod on Amazonia

This is the third Columban article published by Independent Catholic News (ICN) on October’s Synod on Amazonia. The theme is taken from the Synod’s preparatory document. The author, Ellen Teague, is a member of the Columban JPIC team in Britain....
Columban JPIC Coordinator writes about Synod on Amazonia

Columban JPIC Coordinator writes about Synod on Amazonia

This is the second Columban article published by ICN on October’s Synod on Amazonia. Author, Amy Woolam Echeverria, is the Washington-based Columban International JPIC Coordinator. This October the Church will hold its first ever Synod of Bishops on the...
Fr Peter Hughes writes for ICN about Synod on Amazonia

Fr Peter Hughes writes for ICN about Synod on Amazonia

The Vatican will host a Synod on Amazonia in October 2019. In the first of a series of articles by members of the Columban Missionary Society, Fr Peter Hughes gives the background to the Synod for Independent Catholic News (ICN).   An Irish Columban priest from Mayo,...