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March 25, 2017

Indigenous, accompanied by church, fight for rights in Amazon rainforest

Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, president of the Pan-Amazonian Church Network, poses for a photo in Washington March 23. He said Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," made it clear that the church "must participate in the defense of the Amazon."

WASHINGTON – The railroad runs more than 550 miles through 27 communities in the Brazilian Amazon. It runs so close to people's homes that the houses have cracked, and some people have hearing loss.

Published in International