Brazil's prisons generate income, say pastoral workers
The prison ministry started 50 years ago sees money as one of the driving forces in the prison system today
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The prison ministry started 50 years ago sees money as one of the driving forces in the prison system today
The fish in "Finding Nemo" said it best: All drains lead to the ocean. And that's where an alarming amount of plastic waste ends up, according...
Demonstrators participate in a protest against poverty and police violence May 4 in Bogota, Colombia. (CNS/Nathalia Angarita, Reuters) As protest after protest has crowded the streets of Colombia's major cities in recent weeks, Catholic Church leaders in the country have been showing support for some of the protesters' demands, while also trying to help them dialogue with the government. The wave of demonstrations began on April 28, after President Iván Duque proposed an unpopular tax reform measure that has been criticized by labor unions, social movements and students. An...
A protester in Lima, Peru, on April 17 holds a sign showing crossed out images of candidates Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori, who will face each other in the second round of Peru's presidential election on June 6. (Newscom/Reuters/Sebastian Castaneda) Most Catholics still don't know what to do about the second round of Peru's presidential elections, which will be held June 6. The candidates who gained the most votes in April 11's first round — the socialist teacher and labor leader Pedro Castillo and the right-winger Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the former autocrat Albert...
Patients in the emergency room of the Nossa Senhora da Conceição hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil March 11. The emergency room is overcrowded because of the spike in COVID-19 cases. (CNS/Reuters/Diego Vara) Sao Paulo — A second wave of COVID-19 infections has swept Brazil over the past few months, taking the average number of daily deaths to more than 2,500 and causing the collapse of the health care system in several cities. As the crisis grows, Catholic Church leaders face great challenges in helping those in need and in fighting pandemic denialism, which is often supp...