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A 65-foot-tall sculpture of Frei Damião, a major folk saint in the Northeast of Brazil, was unveiled on November 14 in Canafístula, a district in the city of Palmeira dos Índios in Alagoas State.
Read Moreby 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 8, 2022 | Associated Press, Christian Aid, Church in the Americas, Haiti, Missionaries, News | 0 |
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday announced criminal charges against seven Haitian gang leaders for the kidnappings of numerous U.S. citizens, including Christian missionaries and children.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 1, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Latin America, News, Synod of Bishops, synodality | 0 |
The church in Latin America and the Caribbean is called to be a missionary church that heeds the cry of the poor and excluded; a synodal church where women, young people and laypeople have greater roles.
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 | Nov 1, 2022 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mark Seitz, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, HOPE Border Institute, Immigration, lead, Mexico, News, Title 42, U.S.-Mexico border | 0 |
A faith-based organization launched a medical clinic across the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juárez over the weekend to provide medical support to migrants in need.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 30, 2022 | All Saints Day, All Soul's Day, Associated Press, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, lead, Mexico, News | 0 |
During the Day of the Dead celebrations that take place in late October and early November in Mexico, the living remember and honor their dearly departed, but with celebration — not sorrow.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 30, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Gang violence, Haiti, News | 0 |
The profound political and humanitarian crisis in Haiti has had a disproportionate impact on women and girls, say organizations representing refugees, female merchants, women, as well as the United Nations and the human rights sector.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 29, 2022 | Asylum seekers, Canada, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, migrants and refugees, News, toronto | 0 |
At the front door of the FCJ Refugee Centre in Toronto, staffers are greeting an average of 60 people a day looking for help.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 26, 2022 | Brazil, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Jair Bolsonaro, News | 0 |
Looking through the lens of Catholic social teaching, several Brazilian organizations were critical of actions by President Jair Bolsonaro, who faces former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the final round of presidential elections Oct. 30.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 20, 2022 | Associated Press, Brazil, Catholic politicians, Catholics and politics, Church in the Americas, Evangelicals, faith and politics, Jair Bolsonaro, News | 0 |
Brazil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva published an open letter to evangelicals on Wednesday aimed at countering claims he would persecute their faith and at winning votes among a large and growing part of the population.
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