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Japanese cardinal opposed U.S. plan to renew testing of nuclear weapons

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President Lula Da Silva

Pope Leo XIV meets Brazilian President Luiz Lula da Silva in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Oct. 13, 2025. Lula holds a book with a black and white photo representing the Asháninka, an Indigenous people living in the rainforests in Brazil and Peru. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Brazil’s Lula meets with Pope Leo and tries to keep friendship he had with Francis

Oct 16
Eduardo Campos Lima

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro votes in the run-off presidential election as he runs for another term in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 30, 2022. (Credit: Bruna Prado, Pool via AP.)

Priest indicted along with Bolsonaro and military officers for conspiracy in Brazil

Nov 22, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega, left, shakes hands with Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Brazil July 28, 2010. (Credit: Eraldo Peres/AP.)

Brazil and Nicaragua cut ties over Ortega’s persecution of clergy

Aug 9, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Davi Kopenawa, a Yanomami shaman, listens to reporters’ questions during a press conference after his meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Kopenawa, a Yanomami shaman, said he came to the Vatican at Francis’ invitation to brief him on the plight of the Yanomami and the Amazon, where deforestation surged to a 15-year high during the previous administration of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Brazilian Church’s report shows that Indigenous deteriorated with Lula

Jul 23, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the CELAC Summit in Buccament, Saint Vicent and the Grenadines, Friday, March 1, 2024. (Credit: Lucanus Ollivierre/AP.)

Brazil bills against land occupations may impact Church supporters

Apr 19, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Cardinal Pietro Parolin at the Planalto Palace on Monday, April 8. (Credit: Ricardo Stuckert/Brazilian Government website.)

Top Vatican official meets Brazilian president, discusses Indigenous peoples

Apr 11, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks at the United Nations, Sept. 19, 2023. (Credit: Mary Altaffer/AP.)

Brazilian bishops celebrate medical council banning method of abortion

Apr 10, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the CELAC Summit in Buccament, Saint Vicent and the Grenadines, Friday, March 1, 2024. (Credit: Lucanus Ollivierre/AP.)

Brazilian episcopate ignores military coup’s 60th anniversary

Apr 3, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

A year after heart-breaking images, Brazil bishops say indigenous still suffer

Feb 1, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Brazil bishops say land disputes, Indigenous frustrations continue under Lula

Nov 2, 2023
Eduardo Campos Lima

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