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Father Julio Lancellotti took part in a demonstration in which anti-Israel symbols were visible, including pro-Hamas flags and a banner in which a Star of David was combined with a swastika.

The problems Catholics may identify in the Brazilian Church tend to be more connected to pastoral perspectives at this point and not so much with doctrinal issues.

“In Indigenous communities all over the country, famine and vulnerability are evident. Land disputes are a continuous problem.”

“Lula’s agenda includes the poor and the Indigenous peoples, but we cannot make the same mistakes we made in the past and think that we will receive what we need from the government without fighting,” said Bishop José Ionilton de Oliveira.

During an interview, Pope Francis claimed that Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, convicted of bribery and imprisoned in 2018, was a victim of judicial persecution.

SÃO PAULO (RNS) — At least four evangelical pastors were among those arrested in the aftermath of the attack.

While the United States and Europe have quickly elevated Vladimir Putin to the role of primary wrongdoer, many leading Catholic theorists in Latin America are not willing to promote a simple vilification of the Russian side.

Members of one of his former communities said they doubt that he used incorrect formulas for sacraments while he worked there, and many of them recall him fondly as one of the most important priests in their lives.

Traditional healers are preserving their knowledge, and with it, the biodiversity of Brazil’s savanna by Sarah Sax on 12 March 2021 The Brazilian savanna contains almost a third of Brazil’s biodiversity but less than 10% is officially protected and its native vegetation is threatened by a rapidly-advancing agricultural frontier. Much of the flora and fauna remain unknown to conventional science. A network of traditional healers is at the forefront of finding ways to protect, sustainably ma...

Feb 25, 2021 contributor The famous Christ the Redeemer statue is seen atop Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro July 6, 2019. (Credit: Henry Romero/Reuters via CNS.) Traditionalist Catholics in Brazil are complaining about a Lenten campaign which mentions the “politics of violence” aimed at the South American country’s LGBT community. SÃO PAULO – Traditionalist Catholics in Brazil are complaining about a Lenten campaign which mentions the “politics of violence” aimed at the South ...