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Pope blames Amazon fires on destructive 'interests'

Representatives of the Amazon rainforest's ethnic groups attended the synod with Pope Francis.

Pope Francis opened a synod on Sunday to champion the Amazon's poverty-stricken and isolated indigenous communities by condemning the destructive "interests" he blamed for the fires that devastated the region.

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