Querida Amazonia
Querida Amazonia ("Beloved Amazon") is a 2020 post-synodal apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis, written in response to the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region held in Rome in October 2019. Focusing on the Amazon region of South America, it is addressed "to the people of God and to all persons of good will". The document is dated 2 February 2020, the liturgical feast of Candlemas, and was released by the Holy See Press Office at a press conference on 12 February.

Originally written in Spanish, the exhortation was also published in English, Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Polish, and Arabic. The 16,000 words of the English translation are organized into 111 paragraphs in four chapters, each of which is dedicated to a "great dream": social, cultural, ecological and ecclesial.

Prior to its official release, speculation arose that "Querida Amazonia" would allow the ordination of married men who are already permanent deacons ("viri probati", ) to the priesthood, to address a shortage of priests in the Amazon. This proposal had been called for by the final document of the synod, and approved by a majority of the bishops in attendance, in spite of the Catholic Church's long-standing practice of clerical celibacy in the Latin Church. The exhortation does not explicitly endorse married priests, instead stating that a "way must be found" for priests to bring the Eucharist to remote areas, while also calling for women to be given greater roles in the Church, but not within the holy orders of the diaconate or the priesthood. In addition, Francis makes no mention of an Amazonian rite of the Mass, despite it also being a subject of debate at the synod, but states that efforts of inculturation should be made, to "respect native forms of expression in song, dance, rituals, gestures and symbols".
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