As part of the Church’s preparations for the 12th Pan-Amazonian Social Forum (FOSPA), the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA), together with the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM), the Amazonian University Program (PUAM), the Amazonian Network for Intercultural Bilingual Education (REIBA), the Latin American Confederation of Religious (CLAR), and the Pan-Amazonian Jesuit Service (SJPAM), will hold the second session of the webinar series “The Church with an Amazonian Face Leading Up to FOSPA 2026” on July 15.
This space for reflection and formation seeks to strengthen the commitment of the Church with an Amazonian Face in the face of the challenges facing the Pan-Amazon region, promoting active, synodal, and prophetic participation in the 12th FOSPA, to be held in August in Puyo, Ecuador.
Climate Justice and the Defense of Life
Under the title “FOSPA and Socio-Environmental Challenges: Climate Justice, Women, and New Economies”, the webinar will facilitate a dialogue on the impacts of the climate crisis on Amazonian peoples and the responses emerging from the territories to protect life, strengthen collective rights, and build sustainable alternatives.
The central objective will be to analyze how the climate crisis affects Amazonian communities and to promote pastoral and social actions aimed at defending territories, caring for our Common Home, and promoting an integral ecology inspired by the Gospel.
Amazonian Women: Guardians of the Territory and Water
One of the main themes of the event will be the advocacy of Amazonian women and the right to water, highlighting the role that Indigenous and community women play in defending the territory, preserving the spirituality of their peoples, sustaining the community economy, and building peace.
The meeting will also explore in depth the importance of water as a source of life, a fundamental human right, and an essential element for the cultural and spiritual identity and survival of Amazonian peoples.
This topic will be presented by Nadia Pacaya Grifa, a leader of the Indigenous Council of the Lower Madre de Dios Region, who will share the experiences of Amazonian women in protecting their territories and common goods in the face of the many threats facing the region.
New Economies for Good Living
The second part of the webinar will be dedicated to reflecting on new economies for Good Living, presenting alternatives that move beyond extractivist models and promote a harmonious relationship between individuals, communities, and nature.
This discussion will be led by Juan Carlos Navarro, coordinator of REPAM’s Center for Socio-Environmental Justice and Good Living, and Viviana Wilches, a member of REPAM’s Executive Secretariat.
The speakers will discuss experiences and proposals based on solidarity-based economies, ancestral knowledge, the protection of biodiversity, and community-based land management, demonstrating that it is possible to build economic models that prioritize life, justice, and sustainability.
A Church Walking alongside the Amazonian Peoples
This series of webinars is part of the ecclesial outreach process accompanying the journey toward the 12th FOSPA, reaffirming the organizing institutions’ commitment to a synodal, intercultural, and prophetic Church that listens to the cry of the earth and its peoples, promotes socio-environmental justice, and strengthens collaborative networks throughout the Pan-Amazon region.
The initiative seeks to provide tools for theological and pastoral reflection so that communities, pastoral workers, social organizations, indigenous peoples, and individuals committed to caring for our Common Home can actively participate in developing proposals that address the major socio-environmental challenges facing the Amazon.
Webinar Schedule
* 5:00 p.m. – Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador
* 6:00 p.m. – Bolivia, Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil (Manaus)
* 7:00 PM – Brazil (Brasília)
ZOOM Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81175482812?pwd=R1i0NlUwnVPriTcrd7ojwGKF7a0UwC.1
With this second meeting, the series “A Church with an Amazonian Face on the Path to FOSPA 2026” continues to establish itself as a space for formation, discernment, and ecclesial coordination to strengthen the presence of a Church with an Amazonian face that, through listening, dialogue, and action, accompanies the peoples in defending life and our Common Home.