Pope Francis’ post-synodal exhortation will be a topic of interest in this site. Rather than plow through section by section, I’ll take some highlights I find interesting. The sections on spirituality and liturgy will certainly get an in-depth look.
Here’s my condensed outline of the document:
- (1) Introduction
- (2-4) The significance of this Exhortation
- (5-7) Dreams for the Amazon region
CHAPTER ONE: A SOCIAL DREAM 8-27
- (9-14) Injustice and crime
- (15-19) To feel outrage and to beg forgiveness
- (20-22) A sense of community
- (23-25) Broken institutions
- (26-27) Social dialogue
CHAPTER TWO: A CULTURAL DREAM 28-40
- (29-32) The Amazonian polyhedron
- (33-35) Caring for roots
- (36-38) Intercultural encounter
- (39-40) Endangered cultures, peoples at risk
CHAPTER THREE: AN ECOLOGICAL DREAM 41-60
- (43-46) This dream made of water
- (47-52) The cry of the Amazon region
- (53-57) The prophecy of contemplation
- (58-60) Ecological education and habits
CHAPTER 4: AN ECCLESIAL DREAM 61-110
- (62-65) The message that needs to be heard in the Amazon region
- (66-69) Inculturation
- (70-74) Paths of inculturation in the Amazon region
- (75-76) Social and spiritual inculturation
- (77-80) Starting points for an Amazonian holiness
- (81-84) The inculturation of the liturgy
- (85-90) Inculturation of forms of ministry
- (91-98) Communities filled with life
- (99-103) The strength and gift of women
- (104-105) Expanding horizons beyond conflicts
- (106-110) Ecumenical and interreligious coexistence
CONCLUSION: MOTHER OF THE AMAZON REGION 111
A few observations …
The original document was written in Spanish, the pope’s mother tongue.
A good amount of the BBC’s Planet Earth episode 3 was devoted to the Amazon. If Chapter Three is a concern, then a little background from that documentary may be worthwhile.
Most of the “ecclesial dream” mentioned in Chapter Four discusses inculturation. It’s a difficult topic. It involves liturgy as you see in paragraphs 81-84, but also important topics of spirituality and ministry.
Catholic Sensibility 
This morning, I happened to read the first interesting American take I’ve seen on this, which surprised me because normally it takes longer for interesting takes to be written and published:
https://theweek.com/articles/895711/pope-franciss-dream
Very insightful. Mr Walther hasn’t missed some important Ignatian themes: joy, aspiration, even poetry. The comparison to Frank Herbert’s book is interesting; Dune’s primary science fiction fulcrum was “What if Jesus were a political Messiah?” I’m not sure PF advocates the violence of Paul Atreides, but he certainly would smile if the Amazon became a seed for a better world. It happened in backwater Palestine 2,000 years ago, so why not a place of many waters today? A difference is that Pope Francis hopes to inspire a people rather than a new messiah. He seems keenly aware that inspiring larger numbers of people rather than cultivating a successor is a more sure and healthy path to conversion and transformation. Thanks for the link.