Indigenous peoples Archives

As Black Lives Matter echos across globe, Australian Church marks Aboriginal Sunday

Jul 5, 2020

In the wake of the death of George Floyd and the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, a spotlight is shining on “the appalling statistics of Aboriginal deaths in custody” in Australia, a Jesuit activist says.

By Crux Staff

Gomez: Truth of saint’s ministry is his respect, loving care of indigenous

Jun 30, 2020

Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez has asked Catholics of the archdiocese to invoke the intercession of St. Junipero Serra “for this nation that he helped to found.”

By Catholic News Service

Indigenous infections grew amid slow Brazil agency response

May 19, 2020

As COVID-19 reached remote indigenous lands in Brazil’s Amazon, the government agency responsible for protecting native people brushed off calls for action, focusing instead on waging ideological battles, according to agents from the institution itself and others.

By Mauricio Savarese and David Biller

Advocates: Brazilian government not protecting indigenous during pandemic

May 10, 2020

Church-backed agencies are accusing the Brazilian government of doing very little to protect the country’s indigenous population from being contaminated by COVID-19 and say new government measures could increase the number of farmers and loggers invading indigenous territory.

By Lise Alves

Land conflicts have grown under Bolsonaro, according to Brazilian Church report

Apr 30, 2020

Land conflicts grew in Brazil in 2019, which was President Jair Bolsonaro’s first year in office. According to the Bishops’ Conference’s Land Pastoral Commission (known as the CPT), there were 1,254 incidents in the country last year, an increase of eleven percent compared with 2018.

By Eduardo Campos Lima

Bishops in Amazon urge Peru to guard indigenous needs during pandemic

Apr 24, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic increasingly exposes fault lines between the rich and poor, the eight bishops of Peru’s Amazonian region have urged the government to pay particular attention to the needs of indigenous people.

By Barbara Fraser