BrazilThe first chapter of the series presents the Bishop of Rome's social dream for the region and its peoples, according to his Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation 'Dear Amazon' , published on February 2, 2020: “I dream of an Amazon that fights for the rights of the poorest, of the native peoples, of the last, where their voice is heard and their dignity is promoted ”(QA, n ° 7).
As expressed by the Executive Secretary of REPAM, Mauricio López, the new series recalls the synodal path is an invitation to get on the boat and continue the journey through the synodal river in the Amazon "to try to lead life, to continue dreaming with Pope Francis in this "Dear Amazon" and in a future of hope ".
In the presentation, Mauricio López highlights that even in the midst of such difficult times, it is important to remember "the five years of the encyclical 'LaudatoSi', which invites us to look at our Common House, to see how we have damaged, destroyed, and outraged it; but also recognize all the possibilities that we still have to save her. Embrace our faith, our identity, everything that makes us believers in this dream of the Kingdom and seek other ways from integral ecology. "
Remember that "navigation in the synod process involved many steps, like every worthwhile process: different hands, different hearts, different wills ... And it began with the Pope, announcing his desire to listen to the Amazon, to listen to his towns, his cries, his hopes. With the visit he made to Porto Maldonado he opened this door saying that he would have come to visit them, but now he invited them to walk with him. "
He explained that "REPAM had the privilege of listening to more than 87,000 people in the synodal listening process, 22,000 in direct listening and more than 65,000 in the preparatory processes: indigenous peoples, riverside, peasant, Afro-descendant, etc., the diversity of the Church in the Amazon, sharing her wishes, her pains and her wishes that things will change in the mission of the Church in that territory. "
He also commented that "a whole series of documents has been integrated that have given way to a discernment that was taken into account with the own voices of the people of the territory, in the Pope's house, in Rome, in the" center ". "Periphery" went to the "center" to lead life, to listen to it. "
On his side, the director of the Verbo Filmes production company, Cireneu Kuhn, stressed that despite the limitations of the social distancing imposed by the health emergency due to the expansion of the coronavirus, work has been done on the production of this series thanks to the fact that "The same people who gave testimony were in charge of making the recording, using the cell phone camera. And the result was very positive."
According to him, it was "a work of synergy, a work of fraternal collaboration" with the executive secretary of the Panamanian Ecclesial Network, Mauricio López, who has warmly welcomed the project, along with Father Julio Caldeira, coordinator of the communications sector of REPAM , who "have done a wonderful job searching for people, from the most varied places and countries, for testimonies."
In the first documentary in the series, entitled 'A social dream', indigenous people, peasants, riversiders, Afro-descendants and pastoral agents participated, from fourteen people from six Amazon countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela); seven women and seven men.
Drafting SIGNIS ALC, with information from REPAM
