Lux Mundi Center in Brazil recently promoted a cycle of conferences with Father Hans Zollner, a major international expert on ...

In a developing country like Brazil, their emphasis on self-improvement and success in this life has also gone down well. Finding new words Leonardo Boff, a former priest and Brazil's best-known voice ...

Thousands of pilgrims from all corners of the vast Kalunga territory flocked to the municipality Cavalcante, some 180 miles north of the capital, Brasilia, for a religious festival.

These nuns in Brazil went viral for beatboxing. Now, they’re using their newfound fame to draw attention to the Catholic ...

But a review of Catholic populations by country shows that Brazil, Mexico and Colombia all have strong Catholic communities: 140 million, 101 million and 38 million, respectively.

There was a party at the convent. In the middle of it all were Sister Marizele Rego and Sister Marisa Neves — Brazil’s sudden ...

(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.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who took office for the third time on Jan. 1, also described the current status of the Yanomami as a genocide, one accelerated by the policies and ...

Experience the unique Brazilian Cavalhada festival, a symbol of syncretism and national identity, blending history, faith, ...

The numbers may spell trouble to Brazil's leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose Workers Party has historically struggled to gain ground among evangelicals.

Two Brazilian nuns have gone viral after dropping an impromptu beatbox and dance session during a Catholic television program. AP “That moment was very spontaneous, because with Sister Marisa ...

Brazil is the world's largest Catholic country. But evangelical Christian churches are popping up everywhere, even in the jungle, and now about one-third of Brazil's population is evangelical.