Copy Desk Daily, Oct. 8, 2019

by Mick Forgey

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Our team of copy editors reads and posts most of what you see on the websites for National Catholic Reporter and Global Sisters Report (the NCR project focusing on women religious). The Copy Desk Daily highlights recommended news and opinion articles that have crossed our desks on their way to you.

Pope Francis and the cardinals leading the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon urged participants to be open to new ideas such as married priestsJoshua J. McElwee reports. Read all of NCR's synod coverage here.

Pope urges synod to embrace 'daring prudence,' not status quo: Thomas Reese provides analysis on this request by Francis.

Indigenous from Brazil bring plea to Rome: 'We need more protection': Ahead of the Amazon synod, indigenous leaders traveled to Rome tell scholars and clergy about the dangers that their communities face — death threats from armed invaders and destructive deforestation.

Fiji archbishop advocates nonviolence to help stabilize social unrest: After social media posts about future unrest in Suva, thousands kept their children home from school. Religious leaders like Archbishop Peter Chong worked to calm the public.

"In the spirit of St. Francis, nurturing a humble, listening heart is requisite to disrupt the evil of our time," writes Alex Mikulich. "Becoming humble is requisite for decolonizing the Anthropocene."

 

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