The growing religious zeal of young voters is poised to shape elections in Latin America’s largest country.

The Church of Jesus Christ has set the groundbreaking date for the Teresina Brazil Temple. The nation's 19th announced temple ...

In Brazil, 12 million families -- up to 60 million people -- live in slums, known as "favelas" in Portuguese, and 55 million people do not have access to a sewage system. Until now, the Catholic ...

A meeting of a network of pro-LGBTQ Catholic groups in Brazil in October 2023. (Credit: Photo courtesy of the network.) Listen SÃO PAULO – After nine years of activity, a network of LGBTQ Catholic ...

A member of the São Paulo archdiocesan justice and peace commission said he hoped Pope Francis' message about "walking together" with Indigenous will be heard throughout Brazilian society, and he said ...

SÃO PAULO – Widespread violence against traditional rural communities in Maranhão State, in Northeastern Brazil, has been condemned by the local Church. Last week, more than 50 human rights ...

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This text was written by Lucas Veloso, Patrícia Vilas Boas and Vagner Vital, and originally published on Agência Mural's website in May 2021. The article is a partnership with Pindograma, a data ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian labor prosecutors have filed suit to shut down a church and school with ties to the U.S.-based Word of Faith Fellowship, saying the church and its leaders "reduced people to ...

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