Cardinal Cláudio Hummes dies in Brazil; he inspired the pope to pick the name ‘Francis’
Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, the former archbishop of São Paulo, died on July 4 from lung cancer at the age of 87.
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by bcadmin | Jul 5, 2022 | Brazil, Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, Church in the Americas, College of Cardinals, lead, News, Obituary, São Paulo | 0 |
Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, the former archbishop of São Paulo, died on July 4 from lung cancer at the age of 87.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 26, 2022 | Brazil, Church in the Americas, drug addiction, Homelessness, lead, News, São Paulo | 0 |
State prosecutors are investigating the involuntary hospitalization of crack addicts by São Paulo’s municipal government.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 15, 2022 | Brazil, Catholic-Muslim relations, Church in the Americas, Homeless, lead, News, São Paulo | 0 |
In the east of São Paulo’s eastern – the largest and poorest part of the city, where one third of the city’s 12.3 million residents live – a van with the pictures of a priest and a Muslim sheikh travels the streets.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 14, 2021 | Brazil, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Homeless, Homelessness, News, São Paulo | 0 |
Calling it a humanitarian crisis, a Catholic priest who works with the homeless in São Paulo has been on a campaign against fear of poor people.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 25, 2021 | Brazil, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, Homeless, lead, News, São Paulo | 0 |
A group of 16 homeless people who had been squatting in a house owned by a Catholic Church in São Paulo was evicted by the police on November 17.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 27, 2021 | Brazil, Church in the Americas, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, drug addiction, Homeless, lead, News, São Paulo | 0 |
Brazil is mourning the death of Father Gilson Frank dos Reis, a recovered addict who dedicated his life to helping drug users and homeless people in Sao Paulo.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 16, 2021 | Brazil, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, Homeless, Homelessness, lead, News, São Paulo | 0 |
Father Júlio Lancellotti’s photo went viral last week as he joined city government workers to tear down devices to keep homeless people from lying down under two bridges in São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city and financial hub.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 12, 2020 | Brazil, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, lead, migrants and refugees, News, São Paulo | 0 |
A report published by the Caritas office of the Archdiocese of São Paulo says refugee families in the city are especially vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 3, 2020 | Abortion, Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Catholic Church, Catholics for Choice, Church in the Americas, lead, News, São Paulo | 0 |
A Brazilian pro-choice group has been forbidden to use “Catholics” in their name by the São Paulo State court.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 14, 2020 | Brazil, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, cold call pope, Homeless, Homelessness, lead, News, Pope Francis, São Paulo | 0 |
After being a victim of a campaign of insults and threats due to his work among the homeless in the city of São Paulo, Father Júlio Lancelotti received a phone call from Pope Francis on Oct. 10.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 14, 2020 | Brazil, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News, São Paulo | 0 |
In a region of Sao Paulo city where violent deaths are common and fatalities due to COVID-19 do not shock the population, Brazil’s Catholic Church has launched a campaign to try to convince those not providing essential services to maintain social distancing and remain at home.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 29, 2020 | Brazil, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Franciscans, News, São Paulo, Soup Kitchen | 0 |
Since March 24, when the city installed stay-at-home measures to combat the new coronavirus, the number of people seeking food more than quadrupled.
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