Brazil

“I firmly believe in the power of Jesus’s presence — his flesh, his blood, his soul — in the Eucharist. Marcos desperately needed it” at that moment.

Despite the downturn, Catholicism remains Latin America’s largest religion, with Catholics in the study’s six focus nations ranging from 46% to 67% of the respective general populations. 

“One in three people live in great vulnerability because of these climate changes,” the pope said. “To ignore these people is to deny our shared humanity.”

“In the so-called green zone of the COP30, numerous priests, sisters and lay Catholics will also take part in activities concerning the climate crisis debates.”

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “If you want to cultivate peace, care for creation,” Pope Leo XIV told global leaders attending the U.N. Climate Conference in Brazil. As the international community …

Christians are “called to be builders of peace, to overcome the hatred, vengeance and indifference that corrode the social fabric,” the cardinal said.

During a private audience with Pope Leo XIV, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva invited the pope to the upcoming U.N. Climate Change Conference, being held for the first …

“How can a nation say it can be a climate leader if it is trying to pass laws to open up Indigenous lands to mining?” a webinar speaker asked about …

A decades-long fight for justice in Brazil may be nearing a historic verdict. A Catholic priest first denounced the alleged crimes against workers at a cattle ranch in the Amazon …

The charismatic Catholic renewal, “as well as Pope Francis’s charisma,” may have contributed to slight slowing in transition trend, said demographer.