Convergence on a Path to Strengthen CEAMA’s Service
The Sixth General Assembly of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA), held in March 2026, ushered in a new phase for this ecclesial body. During the Assembly, CEAMA’s Mission, the Synodal Pastoral Horizons, and its lines of action were approved. At the same time, the Assembly entrusted the new Presidency with the final review and consolidation of these texts, as well as the development of the Conference’s organizational proposal, with the aim of strengthening its service to the particular Churches of the Amazon biome.
In response to this mandate, following the meeting on April 7, 2026, the Presidency promoted a process of discernment and listening, enriched by consultations with CEAMA delegates and meetings with national delegations held on June 24, 25, and 26. These forums made it possible to bring together the diverse experiences and contributions from the Amazonian territories around a shared understanding of the mission, the Synodal Pastoral Horizons, the organizational proposal, and the guidelines for the CEAMA Councils.
The consultation gathered contributions from ecclesiastical jurisdictions, organizations, and networks across the various Amazonian countries, revealing broad consensus regarding the commitments of the Sixth General Assembly. This process reaffirmed CEAMA’s vocation to serve the particular Churches through communion, co-responsibility, and the coordination of the entire Amazonian ecclesial ecosystem.
As a result of this process, the Presidency is now preparing the final document that will consolidate CEAMA’s mission, the Synodal Pastoral Horizons, and the organizational proposal. This document will be presented to the particular Churches as a common reference to guide this new phase and strengthen the shared mission in the Amazon.
A Shared Journey with the Particular Churches
One of the main convictions that emerged from this process was the shared understanding that CEAMA is not called to become a parallel structure, but rather an organization at the service of the particular Churches of the Amazon. Its mission is to coordinate, accompany, encourage, and strengthen the processes that already exist in the territories, promoting greater communion among local Churches, ecclesial networks, affiliated organizations such as the Amazonian Network for Intercultural Bilingual Education (REIBA) and related organizations such as the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM) and the Amazonian University Program (PUAM), as well as the various actors who, through their own charisms and responsibilities, make up the Amazonian ecclesial ecosystem.
In this sense, the guiding question for this new phase shifts from focusing solely on what CEAMA will do to a deeper discernment:
How will CEAMA walk alongside the particular Churches to strengthen synodality, co-responsibility, and shared mission in the Amazon?
Through these meetings, the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon continues to consolidate the path initiated by the Sixth General Assembly. The process of listening, discernment, and shared construction carried out over recent months has allowed the reflections of the particular Churches and the various ecclesial actors to converge around a common vision for this new phase of CEAMA.
As a result of this journey, the Presidency will soon present the consolidated document that integrates CEAMA’s Mission, the Synodal Pastoral Horizons, and the organizational proposal. This document will be shared with the particular Churches as a common reference to strengthen the Conference’s service and continue promoting the coordination of the Amazonian ecclesial ecosystem in service to the peoples and our Common Home.
Thus, inspired by the image of the shihuahuaco evoked by Pope Leo XIV, CEAMA reaffirms its conviction that the most profound transformations arise from processes that grow with patience, take root in the territories, and are strengthened by walking together. That is the vision that guides this new phase: a Church with an Amazonian face that continues to open new paths of hope for the Church throughout the Amazon.
