I was a stranger and you welcomed me in” (Mt. 25, 35) We, 58 bishops and 27 other representatives of Prelatures and Dioceses convened in Manaus (AM) from August 20 to 23 at the III Summit of the Catholic Church of the Legal Amazon. Summoned by the Episcopal Commission for the Amazon of the […]
Editorial Brazil figures among the most violent countries in the world and some of its cities have homicide rates similar to those found in civil wars. In fact, this is a Latin-American tragedy. Violence affects all social layers, races, genders and ages, but the statistics available allow us to affirm that the poorest are the […]
The National Headquarters of the Methodist Church, in São Paulo (SP), received, on August 3rd, the meeting of the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI). The meeting was attended by representatives of churches and member organizations of the Council to discuss, among other topics, the election of the new board of the organization. The Methodist […]
On Friday, August 3rd, a Brazilian delegation had a meeting with Pope Francis to deliver documents exposing Human Rights violations in the country. The members of the delegation were: Marinete Silva, the mother of Councilwoman Marielle Franco, who was murdered in March this year and still awaits justice; the law expert Carol Proner, who brought […]
The Nobel Peace Prize winner, the Argentine Adolfo Perez Esquivel, and the participant of the hunger strike, Friar Sérgio Görgen, attended a public hearing held by the President of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Carmen Lúcia, on Tuesday, August 14th. Esquivel and Friar Sérgio were part of a commission formed by legal experts, artists, writers […]
In the morning of Saturday, July 27th, the Ecumenical Council of Christian Churches – CEBIC – had a meeting in the facilities of the Ecumenical Coordination of Service – CESE – to work on the topic: Faith and Politics: Pathways of resistance and hope. The meeting was attended by representatives of the United Presbyterian Church […]
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