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Case against priest for alleged role in attempted coup d’état in Brazil dismissed
On March 23, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court permanently closed the investigation into the involvement of Father José Eduardo de Oliveira…
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Catholic News - Americas
World’s tallest Our Lady of Fátima monument inaugurated in Brazil
The world's tallest monument of Our Lady of Fatima was inaugurated in Crato, located in Ceará state in northeastern Brazil.…
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Catholic News - Pope
Brazil adds St. Michael the Archangel’s feast day to national calendar
Statue of St. Michael the Archangel in Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies on Aug. 12, 2025. / Credit: Kayo Magalhães/Chamber of…
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Priest accused of being involved in alleged plot to assassinate president of Brazil
Father José Eduardo de Oliveira e Silva has over 420,000 followers on Instagram and 130,000 on YouTube. / Credit: Courtesy…
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Catholic News - General
Aparecida Shrine in Brazil inaugurates new Rupnik mosaics
Picture of the Cathedral Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida taken on the day of the…
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Catholic News - Americas
Heavy rains in Brazil leave hundreds dead or injured, half a million homeless, churches flooded
Our Lady of Medianeira is among 31 flooded churches in the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Brazil. / Credit: Courtesy photo…
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Catholic News - Pope
Nuncio asks Brazil bishop who criticized Amazon synod to leave prelature
Bishop Emeritus José Luis Azcona at the 56th general assembly of the CNBB in Aparecida, San Pablo, in 2018. /…
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Boy in Brazil asks for — and receives — a chapel for his birthday
The Maganha family with Father Gilson Maia, RCJ, who blessed the chapel, on July 9, 2023. / Credit: Maganha family…
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Former liberation theologian says movement fueled decline of Catholicism in Brazil
Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. / Credit: Shutterstock ACI Digital, Aug 17, 2023 / 09:32 am…
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Bishops of Brazil encourage prayers to prevent liberalization of abortion
null / Credit: Omurden Cengiz/Unsplash ACI Digital, Aug 10, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA). The bishops of Brazil encouraged the…
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