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Pope says Amazon feathers same as Vatican hats
7 years agoSecretary of the Congregation for Bishops, Italian cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri (L) and Pope Francis leave for a lunch break after attending the opening of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region on October 7, 2019 in the Vatican. - Pope Francis is gathering Catholic bishops at the Vatican to champion the isolated and poverty-struck indigenous communities of the Amazon, whose way of life is under threat. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
Pope Francis on Monday hit out at "offensive words" spoken against the Amazon's indigenous people, noting that a feather headdress is no more ridiculous than hats worn at the Vatican.