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Sister Raimunda Nonata de Aguiar Bezerra of the Sisters of Our Lady, elected as an observer to the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon by the International Union of Superiors General, speaks to the press Oct. 18, 2019. Sister Bezerra said rural families face hardship and poverty when they are forced to migrate from rural villages to urban shantytowns. (CNS/Barbara J. Fraser)