The boards of directors of the CESE and CONIC (National Council of Christian Churches) met between April 4th and 5th in Salvador (BA). The first day was reserved for the organizations to hold their board meetings separately. The last day was focused on the elaboration of joint action strategies and setting commitments in the fields […]
‘Woe to those who decree unrighteous laws and the scribes who write wickedness, to harm the poor in court, and to seize the right of the afflicted of my people, and to strip the widows, and to rob the orphans! “(Isaiah 10: 1-2) In 2014, in activities that recalled the 50th anniversary of the […]
We express our total rejection of any attitude that encourages celebrations alluding to the 1964 coup – a period marked by censorship and systematic violation of human rights. We need to remember the innumerable lives of women, men, whites, blacks and Indigenous people, rich and poor, interrupted by defending democracy and equality. Lives that must […]
Songs, protests against the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution – PEC 006/19 and manifestations of faith marked the Vigil against the Social Security Reform, held on Tuesday night (14) in the Historic Center of Salvador. As a result of the articulation between ASA – Archdiocesan Social Action, Brazilian Caritas Nordeste II, CESE, CEBIC –Ecumenical Council […]
The Brazilian episcopate, gathered at its 57th General Assembly in Aparecida do Norte (SP), elected on Wednesday (8th) Bishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo as the new president of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) – maintaining the progressive line of the institution in alignment with the ideals of Pope Francis. In a message […]
On the day the calendar marks the Day of the Indian (19 April), CESE views, with care and concern, indigenous and environmentalist agendas, which constitute one of the great setbacks of the first 100 days of the Bolsonaro government. Examples include certain measures, a notable one being the transfer of jurisdiction for the demarcation of […]