The Amazon: environmental heritage and strategic mission
On 5 September, the “Day of the Amazon” is celebrated all over the world. Fr. Arturo Sosa took the opportunity to send a video message to the Brazil Province. The Province has embraced an “apostolic preference for the Amazon” as a core element of its strategic mission.
Father General stressed, once again, that the
issues related to Amazonia and the threats which the area faces are numerous
and serious. He encourages the Jesuits of Brazil to continue their commitment. He
congratulates them for their presence in Amazonia for twenty-five years, a
presence marked by originality and adaptation, especially through the Itinerant Team initiative. This faith
project emerged from Ignatian spirituality and a desire to live Church in an
inculturated and ecumenical setting. The project also testifies to the hope
which Jesuits, in collaboration with others, bring to the world as “guardians
of creation.”
Watch Fr. Sosa’s message (in Spanish):
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