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by Tiziana Di Giovannandrea 24 August 2019The Brazilian Episcopal Conference launches an alarmed and painful appeal for the rescue of the Amazon in front of the tragedy of the forest devastated by fires, which continue without stopping, asking for an "immediate action" because "the absurd fires and other criminal depredations now require an appropriate position and urgent action ".

The Episcopal Conference of Brazil in a document sent to Fides, the information body of the Pontifical Mission Societies, warns: "There is no more time for political speeches", urging them to act promptly and effectively to save the green lung of the planet.

The bishops of Brazil turn to their own authorities: "The Brazilian people, their representatives and their servants have the greatest responsibility for the defense and conservation of the entire Amazon region".

And then: "It is urgent that the governments of the Amazon countries, especially Brazil, take serious measures to save a key region in the planet's ecological balance: the Amazon. This is not the time for discussions on judgments or delays in words ", but to" raise the voice "and to assume a prophetic attitude, taking example from Pope Francis.

In the text all those who occupy positions of responsibility in the economic, political and social fields are urged, saying: "Let us be guardians of Creation. Let us build together a new social and political order, in the light of the values ​​of the Gospel of Jesus, for the sake of humanity, of the Pan Amazonia, of Brazilian society, in particular of the poor of this Earth. This is indispensable, to promote and preserve life in the Amazon and elsewhere in Brazil. In lucid dialogue and understanding, we must now raise our voices ", he concludes the text.

Yesterday it was the Latin American Episcopal Council, which brings together the bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, to launch an appeal to the whole world: "We exhort the governments of the Amazonian countries, in particular Brazil and Bolivia, the United Nations and the community "International action to take serious measures to save the lungs of the world. What happens to the Amazon is not just a local problem, it is global. If the Amazon suffers, the world suffers," the Celam communiqué sent to the Agency stressed Fides.