Brazilian Conference of National Bishops Archives

Brazil’s Church-State relationship still frosty after govt. minister’s outreach to bishops

Mar 6, 2020

A recent visit of a member of President Jair Bolsonaro’s cabinet to the headquarters of the National Conference of the Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) may not be enough to heal the sometimes turbulent relationship between the conservative government and the Catholic Church in the South American country, according to leading experts.

By Eduardo Campos Lima

Brazilian church commission examines mining’s impact on local communities

Feb 25, 2020

The Brazilian bishops’ conference has established a commission to assist dioceses and prelatures in areas where mining operations are harming communities and the environment.

By Eduardo Campos Lima, CNS

Black Catholics in Brazil struggle against racism in society and Church

Feb 24, 2020

As Afro-Brazilian Catholic activists struggle to promote their culture and increase participation of black people in high-ranking positions in the Brazilian Church and society, the search of a new dialogue with the hierarchy on the agenda.

By Eduardo Campos Lima

Mixed reactions to Querida Amazonia from Brazilian bishops

Feb 15, 2020

The post-synodal apostolic exhortation published by Pope Francis on Feb. 12 generated mixed reactions from the Brazilian episcopate.

By Eduardo Campos Lima

Land activist murdered in Brazil after refusing to testify against Dorothy Stang’s successor

Dec 31, 2019

Marcio Rodrigues dos Reis’s murder on Dec. 4 in the Amazonian city of Anapu was the 15th case of a peasant being killed in the region due to land conflicts since 2015, according to the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT), which is affiliated with Brazil’s National Bishops’ Conference.

By Eduardo Campos Lima

Brazilian Church helps communities, industries affected by oil spills

Dec 19, 2019

Catholic officials are trying to reduce the environmental and social consequences of a huge oil spill that has impacted several coastal communities in the northeastern part of Brazil since the end of August.

By Eduardo Campos Lima