Fr. Reese discusses the key topics that resulted from this synod. The Bishops voted to recommend to the the pope that already married men be ordained to serve in the most remote areas of the Amazon. This is a response to the needs of the many people who only receive the Eucharist every few months and some not even every year. They also voted to put the Church strongly on the side of global issues like protecting the Amazon rain forest, the environment, climate change, and the rights of the indigenous people living there. Recognizing that women are the ones who primarily keep the church running in the Amazon, the Bishops voted to recommend that Pope Francis reopen the commission to study the possibility of women deacons. After all, the women are already performing the work of deacons.