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Brazilian bishop says infanticide in Amazon ‘shocking’ but largely eliminated by Church

October 11, 2019

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CWN Editor's Note: An Amazonian chief, Jonas Marcolino MacuxĂ­, said recently “that infanticide is still practiced, and that it had been dying out until liberation theologians arrived in the region in the 1970s,” according to the report.

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  • Posted by: Randal Mandock - Oct. 11, 2019 9:38 PM ET USA

    How does a Catholic respond to the destruction of the Church that is being proposed for the Amazon region?