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On 16th January 2021, the ICYCW with the collaboration of leaders of the Latin-American region, conducted a fruitful Webinar in order to empower their young leaders to take responsibilities to act. This is a key aspect to continue the mission of the YCW around the world.
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To the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops: New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology
Dear brothers:
From the commitment to defend Mother Earth, our popular sovereignty and the Good Living , the popular movements, artists and intellectuals of the world, concerned about the situation of destruction that deepens in the Amazon, territory of life, culture and peoples in resistance, we welcome with enthusiasm the development of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops: New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology , convened by Pope Francis in the Vatican between October 6th and 27th, 2019.
The Amazon region is at the center of a dispute of senses and opposal societal and economic projects, in the midst of a systemic socio-environmental crisis. The process of appropriation and exploitation of territories and common goods is marked by the advance of agribusiness, mineral and oil exploitation and the large infrastructure projects associated with them. Behind them, we recognize the presence of transnational corporations, financial capital and the military industrial complex, which seek to impose their economic interests above the livelihoods of Amazonian peoples.
