Querida Amazonia, Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on the Amazon was released Feb. 12. You can catch up on all of the news here.

Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on the Amazon disappointed those hoping for an opening of clerical roles to married men and women. The document's language of complementarity outraged many women.

Commentary: Only those who love the church, trust the Spirit, and surrender into a wider presence of God — beyond their own conservativism or ideological self-referring view — will understand this kairos moment.

Querida Amazonia calls us to seek justice with the Amazonian peoples; to understand the exhortation, one must begin with the Amazon synod's final document, specifically the section on ecological sin.

Commentary: "To so clearly identify a threat to the stability of our climate, but to avoid calling for urgent and immediate action, is a missed opportunity and a half step."

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