Tag: Brazil
Families fleeing Venezuela find home with Scalabrinians in Sao Paulo
Catholic News Service
SAO PAULO — At the beginning of March, Gisela Gomez, 36, gathered a few belongings, said goodbye to her 17- and 15-year-old...
Brazilian priest, associate of Sister Dorothy Stang, arrested in Brazil
Catholic News Service
SAO PAULO -- A priest connected with the Brazilian bishops' Pastoral Land Commission was arrested and charged with extortion and money laundering.
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Serving isolated parishes may mean ordaining married men, cardinal says
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY -- The idea of exceptionally ordaining older married men of proven virtue to celebrate the Eucharist in isolated Catholic communities...