The Indigenous sister risking her life to protect the Amazon

On this week’s episode of “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac are joined
by Sister Laura Vicuña Pereira Manso, an Indigenous activist
fighting to protect the Amazon rainforest and serve its people. As
the current vice president of the Ecclesial Conference of the
Amazon region (known as CEAMA) and a 2019 auditor of the Synod for
the Pan-Amazon Region, Sister Laura has met with Pope Francis to
make the case for women’s ministries, including restoring women
deacons. They discuss:  - Sister Laura’s experience at Amazon
Synod, and whether synodality “works” - What a typical day looks
like when you are ministering to Indigenous communities in the
Amazon and struggling against powerful (and violent) corporations.
- What she would say to those who criticize women deacons as a
“Western obsession” Links for further reading:  A Franciscan
sister joins the fight for Indigenous rights in Brazil A nun makes
the case for women deacons to Pope Francis What you need to know
about the 2019 Synod on the Amazon Brazilian Cardinal talks
restoring women deacons, ordaining married men at synod press
briefing Synod Diary: Women deacons are not a ‘Western’ obsession
We’d like to give a special thanks to our translators, America
O’Hare fellow Leilani Fuentes and Ellie Hidalgo of Discerning
Deacons, who helped with the translations for this episode. 
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