Brazilian Conference of National Bishops

Brazil Catholics drawn to worship despite downsized services
- Oct 13, 2020
Inside, there was nothing massive about the Mass: Just 1,000 people were spaced carefully across the pews of a vast basilica that normally holds 35,000 as the Catholic Church tried to protect parishioners from the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Tatiana Pollastri and Mauricio Savarese
Brazilians intrigued by papal encyclical’s use of song based on Afro-Brazilian religion
- Oct 8, 2020
A quote of the Brazilian poet and composer Vinícius de Moraes in Pope Francis’s encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” was received with surprise and joy by many in the South American country.

By Eduardo Campos Lima
Violence against indigenous peoples growing in Brazil, says Church agency
- Oct 3, 2020
A report on the violence against indigenous peoples in Brazil in 2019, published by the Bishops’ Conference’ Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), showed that the number of intrusions of indigenous reservations more than doubled last year.

By Eduardo Campos Lima

As Brazil burns, bishops point finger at Bolsonaro
- Oct 1, 2020
With a severe draught in many parts of the country, Brazil is now seeing a record number of wildfires, especially in the Amazon rainforest and the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland.

By Eduardo Campos Lima

Brazil’s president vetoes controversial tax forgiveness for churches
- Sep 16, 2020
On Monday, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro partially vetoed a bill to forgive churches’ tax debts with the government. The measure would force the Brazilian government to give up an amount of at least $165 million, mostly benefiting Evangelical churches.

By Eduardo Campos Lima
Despite pandemic, Brazilians mark annual Cry of the Excluded
- Sep 13, 2020
The fight against poverty and social inequalities, as well as harsh criticism of President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic dictated this year’s Cry of the Excluded protests.

By Lise Alves
Case of 10-year-old’s abortion in Brazil further polarizes the country
- Aug 20, 2020
A court order allowing a 10-year-old to get an abortion in Brazil was “a heinous crime,” according to the president of the country’s bishops’ conference.

By Eduardo Campos Lima
Prisons as pandemic super-spreaders: Latin American church raises alarm
- Aug 13, 2020
Ignoring early warnings and pleas from bishops’ commissions for prison ministry, countries across Latin America are seeing rising COVID-19 infection rates and deaths among inmates in their generally overcrowded prisons.

By Eduardo Campos Lima, CNS