Church in the Americas

Lonely voice in Brazilian episcopate speaks against synod document
- Amazon synod, Church in the Americas
- Oct 14, 2019
Bishop José Luís Azcona is among the minority of Brazilian prelates to raise concerns about the synod, calling the Vatican meeting’s preparatory document “weak and inconsistent.”
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Panama celebrates its black Christ, part of protest against colonialism and slavery
- Associated Press, Church in the Americas
- Oct 12, 2019
Panama’s “Festival del Cristo Negro,” the festival of the “Black Christ,” is an important religious holiday for local Catholics. It honors a dark, life-sized wooden statue of Jesus, “Cristo Negro” – also known as “El Nazaraeno,” or “The Nazarene.”
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Resident says Dorian’s devastation teaches lesson: ‘God is in control’
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Oct 11, 2019
Freeport, Bahamas, was particularly hard-hit by Hurricane Dorian. Catholic Charities is providing assistance.
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Nun’s canonization delays vote on Brazil’s social security reform bill
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Oct 10, 2019
The canonization of the first Brazilian-born female saint is making headlines across the country, putting news coverage of the country’s current political and economic difficulties on the backburner.
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Brazilian Cardinal Araujo dies at 95
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Oct 10, 2019
Brazilian Cardinal Serafim Fernandes de Araujo, retired archbishop of Belo Horizonte, died Oct. 8 in Brazil at the age of 95.
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Brazilian diplomat warns Amazon synod could hurt Brazil’s agriculture trade
- Amazon synod, Church in the Americas
- Oct 9, 2019
A Brazilian diplomat said last week that the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro doesn’t fear the Synod for the Amazon taking place this month at the Vatican, but that the Catholic bishops “involuntarily reinforce the campaign of the European lobbies, who are very afraid of the competition of the Brazilian agriculture.”
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