Brazil: Bolsonaro challenges the Catholic Church
Jair Bolsonaro is the first Brazilian president to participate in the March for Jesus that united close to three million evangelicals in Sao Paulo this year. In his speech, he thanked the faithful for their support and said, “You were decisive in changing the destiny of this marvelous homeland Brazil.”
Brazilian bishops: Throw the book against alleged coup plotters
Dec 21, 2024 · Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro and 35 other people, including a Catholic priest, were charged by the country's Federal Police on Nov. 21, 2024, on suspicion of the crimes of violent...
Christian nationalism is thriving in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Dec 1, 2021 · Bolsonaro’s wife is an active member of a Baptist church, and at least one of his sons identifies as evangelical. Bolsonaro himself, however, is Catholic and enjoys the support of conservative sectors of the Brazilian Catholic Church.
Priest accused of being involved in alleged plot to assassinate ...
Nov 22, 2024 · A large crowd, presumably supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, seized on Sunday key buildings at the seat of the Brazilian government.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro is worried about a new ‘leftist’ insurgency: The ...
Feb 25, 2019 · This fall’s Synod of Bishops on the Pan-Amazonian Region is already heightening tensions between the Catholic Church in Brazil and the populist, right-wing government of President Jair...
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, Catholic Who Won Over Evangelicals, …
Oct 30, 2018 · Brazilian politician Jair Bolsonaro, who has won his country's election to become the next president, has sharply divided opinions among evangelicals, churches, and families.
In openly criticizing Brazil's president, 152 bishops spur anger ...
Aug 20, 2020 · A letter signed by 152 Brazilian Catholic bishops harshly criticizing President Jair Bolsonaro's administration and his unsuccessful handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has been spurring...
Brazilian President-Elect Jair Messias Bolsonaro As Messiah For ...
Nov 28, 2018 · Two factors were decisive in the election of army captain, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, to the presidency – the attack by a knife-wielding assailant and the support of Bishop Edir Macedo, the head...
How Bolsonaro is breaking the divide between the state and church
Sep 2, 2022 · With Bolsonaro, the dividing line between state and church is increasingly disappearing. As Minister for Women, Family, and Human Rights, Bolsonaro appointed a particularly active person: Damares Alves.
Brazilian Catholic oppose attempts to pardon members of 2022 …
Dec 20, 2024 · The investigators discovered former President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) and his closest collaborators, most of them high-ranking military officers, planned to stage a coup after he lost the ...