AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Pope Leo XIV: May Jesus Christ be announced with clarity and immense charity among the inhabitants of the Amazon

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "It is necessary that Jesus Christ, in whom all things are recapulated, be announced with clarity and immense charity among the inhabitants of the Amazon," said Pope Leo XIV in a telegram to the bishops participating in the assembly of the Ecclesiastical Conference of the Amazon, currently underway in Bogota, Colombia, from August 17 to 20.

The Ecclesiastical Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) is the regional ecclesiastical body established at the request of the bishops of the Amazon region following the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region (October 2019) and canonically erected by Pope Francis on October 9, 2021. The Conference is chaired by Peruvian Jesuit Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, Archbishop Emeritus of Huancayo.

In a telegram signed by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, Pope Leo thanks the bishops for "their efforts made to promote the greater good of the Church in favor of the faithful of the beloved Amazonian territory" and exhorts them "on the bases of the unity and collegiality proper to an 'episcopal body,' ways to help diocesan bishops and apostolic vicars concretely and effectively carry out their mission."

In the telegram, the Successor of Peter calls on the bishops of the Amazon region to take into account, in their mission, "three dimensions that are interconnected in the pastoral work of this region: the mission of the Church to proclaim the Gospel to all" (cf decree "Ad Gentes, 1"), "the just treatment of the peoples who dwell there, and the care of the common home."

It is "essential," the Pope emphasizes, referring to St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians, "that Jesus Christ, in whom all things are recapulate, be announced with clarity and immense charity among the inhabitants of the Amazon, so that we may strive to give them fresh and pure the bread of the Good News and the heavenly food of the Eucharist, the only means to be truly the People of God and the Body of Christ." And "wherever the name of Christ is preached," Pope Leo continues, referring to the second of the "three dimensions interconnected" and citing St. Paul's Letter to Philemon, "injustice recedes proportionally," for "all
exploitation of man by man disappears if we are able to receive one another as brothers and sisters."

Within this "perennial doctrine," the Pope also sees "the right and the duty to care for the 'home' that God the Father has entrusted to us as diligent stewards, so that no one irresponsibly destroys the natural goods that speak of the goodness and beauty of the Creator," for these things, the Bishop of Rome explained, referring to number 23 ("Principle and Foundation") of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, "have been given to us in order to attain our end of praising God and thus obtaining the salvation of our souls." (GV) (Agenzia Fides, 18/8/2025)

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