Copies of the apostolic exhortation ‘Querida Amazonia’ await distribution at the press conference for the presentation of the post-synodal document at the Vatican Press Office on Feb. 12.
Copies of the apostolic exhortation ‘Querida Amazonia’ await distribution at the press conference for the presentation of the post-synodal document at the Vatican Press Office on Feb. 12. (photo: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA)

Querida Amazonia (Feb. 15)

Pope Francis released his post synodal letter on the Amazon this week. We look at what he actually wrote, and what it means for the Amazon and the Universal Church with Register Rome correspondent Edward Pentin and Register contributor Fr. Raymond de Souza.

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis