Progressive clergy in Brazil facing death threats after Lula’s election
Auxiliary Bishop Vicente de Paula Ferreira of the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte was threatened by an armed man after a Mass on November 12.
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by bcadmin | Nov 14, 2022 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Church in the Americas, Jair Bolsonaro, lead, News, President Lula Da Silva | 0 |
Auxiliary Bishop Vicente de Paula Ferreira of the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte was threatened by an armed man after a Mass on November 12.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 10, 2022 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Church in the Americas, Human trafficking, lead, News | 0 |
Brazil’s Amazon region is seeing a rising tide of human trafficking, and the Church has been trying to raise awareness among vulnerable communities, but activists say it’s a battle of David against Goliath.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 1, 2022 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Catholic politicians, Catholics and politics, Church in the Americas, faith and politics, Jair Bolsonaro, lead, News, President Lula Da Silva | 0 |
After the fiercest presidential campaign in Brazil’s history, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva managed to beat his rival Jair Bolsonaro on October 30 with a narrow margin of only 2 million votes.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 13, 2022 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Catholic politicians, Catholics and politics, Church in the Americas, faith and politics, Jair Bolsonaro, News | 0 |
A visit by President Jair Bolsonaro to the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida on October 12 caused controversy in the South American country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 27, 2022 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, News, prison ministry, prison reform, Prisoners, Prisons | 0 |
In Brazil, like most countries, prison ministry involves visiting and praying with inmates, but as Brazil’s prisons increasingly are treated as moneymakers, the ministry also means advocating for the rights of prisoners.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 26, 2022 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Church in the Americas, home-schooling, Jair Bolsonaro, lead, News | 0 |
Facing opposition from both the Brazilian bishops and the National Association of Catholic Education, conservative Christian groups are pressuring President Jair Bolsonaro and lawmakers to legalize homeschooling.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 26, 2022 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Church in the Americas, home-schooling, Jair Bolsonaro, lead, News | 0 |
Facing opposition from both the Brazilian bishops and the National Association of Catholic Education, conservative Christian groups are pressuring President Jair Bolsonaro and lawmakers to legalize homeschooling.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 17, 2022 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Church in the Americas, Elections, Jair Bolsonaro, lead, News, Polarization, President Lula Da Silva | 0 |
Since the 2018 general elections that put President Jair Bolsonaro into office, Brazil has been dealing with a growing atmosphere of political polarization. This has affected the clergy, too.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 10, 2022 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Church in the Americas, fake news, Jair Bolsonaro, lead, News, Social media | 0 |
SÃO PAULO – Although the electoral campaign officially started on August 16, the attacks against the two leading presidential candidates in Brazil – current President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly referred to as Lula – has been growing on social media since last year. […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 29, 2022 | Amazon region, Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Church in the Americas, indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Jair Bolsonaro, lead, News | 0 |
Violence against indigenous peoples in Brazil grew in 2021, reaching its highest level since 2013, according to an agency of the bishops’ conference.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 15, 2022 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Church in the Americas, Jair Bolsonaro, lead, News, President Lula Da Silva, Violence | 0 |
The highly polarized dispute between former left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and current right-wing President Bolsonaro has been leading many to fear an increase in political violence in the South American country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 27, 2022 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Church in the Americas, Indigenous peoples, lead, News, Pan-Amazon Region, Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network | 0 |
A week after the Brazilian police confirmed the killings of British journalist Dom Phillips and of the Brazilian human rights activist Bruno Pereira in the Amazon, the region’s bishops visited Pope Francis and discussed the violence in the region.
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