(Andrew Medichini | AP) Pope Francis leaves after celebrating an opening Mass for the Amazon synod, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. Pope Francis urged bishops on Sunday to boldly shake up the status quo as they chart ways to better care for the Amazon and its indigenous peoples, amid threats from forest fires, development and what he called ideological "ashes of fear" that smother God's light.
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