Laura Vicuña Pereira Manso CF works in the Rondônia State in the Brazilian Amazon region and was invited by Pope Francis to attend the Synod for the Pan-Amazon Region in 2019. Laura is a descendant of the Indigenous Kariri people and accompanies Indigenous communities in resisting extractive industries efforts to confiscate Indigenous lands in the Amazon.

Thirty years ago, the Karipuna people in the Amazon were almost decimated by outsiders invading their territory. Only five adults … Read more