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Catholic groups give Bolsonaro poor marks on Brazil social programs

Oct 26, 2022
Lise Alves

Amazon Catholic leaders: Isolated Indigenous peoples must be protected

Sep 13, 2022
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Papal apology reinforces Brazilian church’s Indigenous work, leaders say

Jul 30, 2022
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Church in Brazil opens doors to shelter those who lost homes in mudslides

Feb 18, 2022
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Brazilians installed as catechists say recognition strengthens their work

Feb 7, 2022
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Catholic priest leads campaign against hostility toward poor in Brazil

Dec 14, 2021
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Archdiocesan shelter gives Brazilian women ‘the strength to go on’

Nov 15, 2021
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Religious accompany Brazil’s Indigenous as Supreme Court considers case

Sep 21, 2021
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Brazil sees rapid rise in land conflicts, Catholic agency reports

Jun 3, 2021
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Medical Director Andrea Cambieri, right, greets Pope Leo XIV as he arrives at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where doctors expect to operate to remove a lung nodule. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Vatican says pope’s lung nodule surgery was successfully completed

Oct 13
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

Pope Leo XIV leaves the Vatican for the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where he's expected to be operated to remove a lung nodule. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Who’s in charge when the pope is unconscious and unable to govern? The pope

Oct 13
Nicole Winfield

Postcards of Pope Leo XIV are displayed outside a shop selling religious items near St. Peter's Square, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV arrives at Rome’s Gemelli hospital ahead of surgery to remove lung nodule

Oct 13
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

A mosaic of Pope Leo XIV is displayed inside a shop selling religious items near St. Peter's Square, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV is set to enter a Rome hospital for removal of a lung nodule

Oct 13
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

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Vatican says pope’s lung nodule surgery was successfully completed

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery to remove a nodule on his lung

Oct 11
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

The statue of Pope John Paul II is seen at the entrance of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Premium article: Pope Leo has raised the bar on transparency about papal health: Is there a cost?

Oct 12
Charles Collins

Attorneys for Christa Pike hold a news conference after a judge ruled the Tennessee Department of Corrections must preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Pike, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (Credit: George Walker IV/AP.)

Premium article: Catholics are standing on a scaffold over death: Will we accept the offered coin?

Oct 11
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate a mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct.8, 2026, for the annual opening of the academic year at pontifical universities, joining Rome's 22 pontifical institutions and numerous others worldwide. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as his native US plans to livestream execution

Oct 11
Nicole Winfield