Fourteen years after he started out in the countryside outside Sao Paulo, Apostle Valdemiro Santiago sits at the helm of a booming Pentecostal church in Brazil, the world’s fastest-growing evangelical country. ...

Ed Spivey Jr. In fact, my knowledge of Brazil is limited to that tall Jesus statue overlooking a city, and the fact people can be naked o ...

A conservative Brazilian bishop who broke away from his church over the consecration of an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire was found murdered with his wife in the northeastern town of Olinda, according to t ...

Biblical wisdom teaches: "it has not yet been revealed what we shall be." Such is the case with every child, every grandchild, and great grandchild -- those we know and those we will never meet. ...

Felipe Matos, 24, was sent to the United States from the slums of Brazil by his mother who longed for him to find a better life and achieve his dreams. Felipe Matos, 24, was sent ...

Rose Marie Berger In May, a court in Brazil sentenced a second rancher to 30 years in prison for ordering the murder of Dorothy Stang, a C ...

The nuclear fuel swap deal signed between Iran and Turkey and Brazil is a positive development that deserves U.S. support. The nuclear fuel swap deal signed between Iran and Turke ...

Today I was interviewed by a sociology student who wanted to know more about "social justice." I was happy to talk to her. Today I was interviewed by a sociology student ...

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On September 21st, President Manuel Zelaya <a href="http://americasmexico.blogspot.com/2009/09/zelayas-return-to-tegucigalpa-brings.html" target="_blank">returned</a> clandestin ...

From Joan of Arc to Sir Thomas More, courageous martyrs continue to inspire us. Their powerful witness is memorialized in homilies, books, and even movies. From Joan of Arc to Sir ...

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Joe Nangle The continuing vitality of liberation theology The fifth general meeting of the Latin American Cath ...

Rose Marie Berger It's very complicated to have hope. Whenever I see a photograph by Sebastião Salgado, I ...

Rose Marie Berger Jonathan Mendez A Brazilian landowner known as the mastermind behind ...

Steve Thorngate A Brazilian court found Rayfran das Neves Sales and Clodoaldo Carlos Batista guilty of the 2005 murder of 73-year-old Catholic sister Dorothy Stang, SND. The men r ...

Judy Coode A broad grassroots movement seeks land, equity, and dignity in Brazil. In the past 20 years, more t ...

Rose Marie Berger Kate Bowman Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met wit ...

Rose Marie Berger Jodi Hochstedler Brazilian popular educator Paulo Freire probably nev ...