Catholic Church in Brazil Launches New Outreach to Slums
Church leaders initiate a nationwide pastoral program to serve Brazil’s 60 million people living in slums.
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Tag: South America
Church Activists Struggle Against Growing Slavery-Like Labor in Brazil
Brazil’s bishops’ conference works to combat contemporary slavery, which worsened under two past presidents.
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A Venezuelan Migrant Mother’s Testimony
A mother from Venezuela, forced to flee the country with her young son, gives a firsthand account of her family’s ordeal in seeking asylum.
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Peru’s Bishops Urge Peace Amid Violent Protests
The death toll in violent protests in Peru and a harsh government crackdown climbs to more than 40 people since early December.
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Catholics in the Amazon Pin Hopes on COP15 Biodiversity Conference
Catholic environmental activists in the Amazon hope COP15 proposals will favor the forest and the people who live there.
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Amazon Catholic Leaders: Indigenous Peoples Must Be Protected
Death of a man who was thought to be the last of his tribe in the Amazon basin raises concerns about disappearance of Indigenous cultures.
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Bishops Decry Instability in Peru
Publishing a two-page plea to the country’s leaders, Peru’s bishops wrote, “Our weak democracy cannot stand the instability any longer.”
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Church in Brazil Shelters Victims of Mudslides
The Church organizes aid campaign, shelters people who lost their homes in mudslides caused by Brazil’s worst storms in the last 70 years.
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U.N. Reports Significant Rise in Hunger in Latin America, Caribbean
U.N. agencies warned that the number of those suffering from hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean is at its highest point in 15 years.
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Brazil Sees Rapid Rise in Land Conflicts, Catholic Agency Reports
Land disputes in Brazil intensify under President Jair Bolsonaro, and involve more than 80,000 families, many of whom are of indigenous people.
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