A climate march drew people from all over the world into the streets of Belém, Brazil, at the midpoint of the COP30 U.N.

While Brazil hosts the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP30, in Belém, Nov. 10-21, church leaders intend ...

SÃO PAULO – A new and largely unpredented “Catholic bloc” in the Senate in Brazil, the largest Catholic country on earth, has been presented by its founders as a way to defend Catholic “moral and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazil, the world's largest Roman Catholic country, saw its Catholic population decline further in 2022 while evangelical Christians and those with no religion continued to ...

Second only to Carnival, festivals for St. Anthony, St. John, and St. Peter pack the June calendar. Pastors debate if the Festas Juninas are folk celebrations or idol worship. When it comes to ...

(RNS) — In Brazil, the forced removal of vulnerable people from privately owned land has created a role for Catholic priests as mediators between landowners and beleaguered communities. (RNS) — In ...

SÃO PAULO – A video with several priests and Catholic singers criticizing leftists ahead of the Oct. 6 municipal elections in Brazil became viral last week and spurred controversy among many in the ...

As COP30 begins in Brazil, Catholic Church leaders urge nations to respect Indigenous communities and act unselfishly together to address climate change and protect creation.

After the deadliest police operation ever carried out in Brazil, Catholic Church authorities spoke out in defense of the dignity of every human life, stressing that hatred and indifference will not ...

When he ran the Vatican’s doctrinal office, one of the nicknames slapped on Joseph Ratzinger was “Cardinal No.” As Pope John Paul II’s enforcer of orthodoxy, he condemned errant personal behavior ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - When televangelist Silas Malafaia gathered 40,000 followers outside Brazil's Congress this week, it wasn't just to raise their arms to the sky and praise the Lord. The rally was a ...