New Christ statue in Brazil’s Encantado to be taller than Rio’s
Source: BBC A new statue of Christ being built in Brazil will be taller than the famous Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. Christ the Protector in the southern city […]
Hindu leader asks Brazilian clothes brand to remove image of Lord Ganesh
BRASILIA (Reuters) – An Indian religious leader has asked a Brazilian fashion clothes brand to remove the image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesh from one of its lines of shorts […]
Ganga Zumba, an African royal who escaped slavery and created a kingdom of his own in Brazil
MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR September 30, 2020 HISTORY MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR | Head of Content FULL BIOCLOSE Mildred Europa Taylor is a writer and content creator. She loves writing about health and […]
Brazilian pastor and congregants pray for another Holocaust
(JTA) — A Brazilian pastor prayed to God to “destroy the Jews like vermin” and bring about a second Holocaust during a sermon in Rio de Janeiro. “Massacre the Jews, […]
Opposition to Amazon synod spurs new right-wing coalition in Brazil
Source: Religion News Service BY Eduardo Campos Lima SÃO PAULO (RNS) — While the most vocal opponents of the Catholic Church’s upcoming Amazon synod have been conservative Catholic cardinals such […]
Amazon fires deepen a split between Brazil’s evangelicals and fellow Christians
Source: Religion News Service BY Eduardo Campos Lima SAO PAULO (RNS) — The apparently intentional escalation of fires in the Amazon rainforest has contributed to a growing political split among […]
Pope calls for global commitment to put out Amazon fires
Source: Reuters VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday called for a global commitment to put out the fires in the Amazon, saying the area was essential for the […]
The Amazon in Brazil is on fire – how bad is it?
Source: BBC News By The Visual and Data Journalism Team Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil – the most intense blazes for almost a decade. The […]
Amazon fires: Merkel and Macron urge G7 to debate ’emergency’
Source: BBC News The French and German leaders say the record number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is an international crisis which must be discussed at this weekend’s G7 […]
Understanding the debate over married priests at the Amazon synod
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
How slaves ended slavery
While slavery would be reviled by secular and religious interests, slaves themselves finally overthrew it Fri, Jun 7, 2019, James Walvin Frederick Douglass, the towering figure in the history of […]
Brazil Footballer Sérgio Ricardo Is Spotted In Makkah Just A Few Days After Converting To Islam
Mohammed Mirza Ramadan is a time when millions of pilgrims from all over the world descend upon the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah. One of Makkah’s recent visitors included […]
Brazil police say faith healer has turned himself in
Source: Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A celebrity faith healer accused of sexually abusing more than 300 women turned himself in Sunday to authorities in Brazil’s central state […]
Brazil shooting: Campinas cathedral gunman ‘mentally ill’
Source: BBC News Police investigating a deadly shooting in a cathedral in the Brazilian city of Campinas have identified the gunman. Euler Fernando Grandolpho opened fire in the Metropolitan Cathedral […]
Joao de Deus: Brazil ‘spiritual healer’ accused of sex abuse
Source: BBC News A dozen women have come forward in Brazil to accuse a prominent self-styled spiritual healer of sexually abusing them at his clinic. Joao Teixeira de Faria – […]
Brazil’s Bolsonaro lumps native tribes with women in new ministry
Source: Reuters By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro named a pro-life evangelical pastor on Thursday to head a new ministry of Women, Family and Human […]
Brazilian pilot converts to Islam MID-FLIGHT in skies over Muslim holy site Mecca
A PILOT from Brazil took a break from flying to convert to Islam while flying over Saudi Arabia. The unnamed man was filmed taking […]
In Brazil’s poor northeast, right-winger makes inroads
Source: Reuters By Nacho Doce BARREIRINHAS, Brazil (Reuters) – The home of Crenilton Santos Ferreira and his wife, Claudia Adriana, sits at the end of a sandy path in the […]
Brazil presidential candidates woo religious leaders
Source: Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s presidential candidates wooed church leaders Wednesday ahead of a runoff in this deeply religious country with sizable Catholic and evangelical populations. Leading […]
From Jails to Congress, Brazil’s Evangelicals Could Swing Election
Source: Bloomberg BY R.T. Watson, David Biller, and Samy Adghirni Imprisoned for credit-card fraud in 2010, Joao Luiz Francisco da Silva faced a choice between the filthy, treacherous cells ruled by drug […]
