The Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region, will be held from Sunday 6 to Sunday 27 October 2019 in the Vatican, to reflect on the theme: “Amazonia: new pathways for the Church and for an integral ecology”.
Pope Francis first announced the synod on 15 October 2017. The idea of such a synod was born out of his 2015 environmental encyclical “Laudato Sì – On Care for Our Common Home”, which calls for action on global warming and pinpoints the Pan-Amazon Region as an area of vital importance.
