{"id":5238,"date":"2020-01-30T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T19:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/?p=5238"},"modified":"2020-01-23T21:04:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T02:04:57","slug":"solidarity-letter-for-the-defenders-of-the-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/2020\/01\/30\/solidarity-letter-for-the-defenders-of-the-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Solidarity Letter for the defenders of the Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/development-and-peace.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5239\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/development-and-peace.png?resize=161%2C223&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"223\"><\/a>Dear Parishioner: This is the petition from Development and Peace that you will be asked to consider signing next weekend:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDear seringueiros of Machadinho d\u2019Oeste and Mura people of Manaus,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for protecting the Amazon rainforest, your traditional home and humanity\u2019s common heritage. We, the people of Canada, are pained to learn of your persecution, dispossession and criminalization by those who would rob your lands, livelihoods, waters and way of life to exploit the gifts of the Amazon for profit. We join you in urging your government to stop privileging corporate interests over your rights and the integrity of the forest. We will impel our government to hold Canadian companies to account for what they do on your lands. 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As a result of the COVID 19 restrictions ordered for the Province of Ontario, beginning on Monday, April 19, 2021, and lasting for at least May 20, 2021, there will be no\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;A Message from the Pastor&quot;","block_context":{"text":"A Message from the Pastor","link":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/category\/sunday_homilies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Decorative Image","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/covid-hdr.jpg?fit=948%2C240&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/covid-hdr.jpg?fit=948%2C240&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/covid-hdr.jpg?fit=948%2C240&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/covid-hdr.jpg?fit=948%2C240&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5684,"url":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/2020\/11\/22\/covid-19-update-all-public-celebrations-of-masses-cancelled-in-toronto-due-to-covid-19-lockdown\/","url_meta":{"origin":5238,"position":5},"title":"COVID 19 Update &#8211; All Public Celebrations of Masses Cancelled in Toronto due to COVID 19 Lockdown","author":"stpeters","date":"November 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: I hope and pray that you are all well and safe! As a result of the COVID 19 Lockdown that has been ordered for the City of Toronto, beginning on Monday, November 23, 2020, and lasting for at least 28 days, there will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General News","link":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Decorative Image","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/covid-update.jpg?fit=1200%2C333&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/covid-update.jpg?fit=1200%2C333&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/covid-update.jpg?fit=1200%2C333&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/covid-update.jpg?fit=1200%2C333&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/covid-update.jpg?fit=1200%2C333&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5240,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5238\/revisions\/5240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}