(fixes slug typo, first name of cardinal, lede).
Indigenous people should
have a voice at the synod on the Amazon region called by Pope
Francis for October 2019, Cardinal Claudio Hummes said Tuesday.
Hummes, head of the Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network (REPAM),
said "indigenous peoples have been protagonists of their history
and as such deserve a voice at the synod".
The pope announced the initiative on Sunday, to address the
crisis of the sprawling rain forest that are the world's lungs
as well as new paths of evangelisation for the Indios.
Nine countries are concerned: Brazil (67% of the area), Peru
(13%), Bolivia (11%), Colombia (6%), Ecuador (2%), Venezuela
(1%), Suriname, Guyana and French Guyana (which together make up
0.15%).
"It's a matter of thinking that this Synod must be an
incarnate territorial experience," said REPAM executive
secretary Mauricio Lopez.
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