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U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo speaks to Venezuelans Sept. 18, 2020, who fled to Brazil amid their homeland's economic and political crises. (CNS photo/courtesy UNHCR)

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Pompeo visits Catholic-run refugee center, parish in Brazil

Lise Alves|Sep 21, 2020|3 Min Read

Nuns pray in Misericordia Church in Olinda, Brazil. (Shutterstock image)

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Pope Francis tells Brazil's consecrated Catholics: Jesus must be your 'first and only love'

Catholic News Agency|Aug 17, 2020|2 Min Read

Retired Bishop Pedro Casaldaliga, a proponent of liberation theology and supporter of Brazil's indigenous peoples, died Aug. 8 at age 92. He pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo courtesy Sao Felix Prelature archives)

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Bishop Pedro Casaldaliga, 'bishop of the poor,' dies in Brazil at 92

Lise Alves|Aug 10, 2020|5 Min Read

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, wearing a protective mask, holds a banana before a ceremony of lowering the national flag for the night at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia July 24, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Adriano Machado, Reuters)

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Nearly one-third of Brazilian bishops sign letter critical of government

Lise Alves|Jul 30, 2020|4 Min Read

Bishop Jose Santos Mendes of Brejo, Brazil, speaks to Catholics in this 2017 photo. Bishop Mendes is a leader in the "Life by a Thread" campaign, which strives to give more visibility to environmental threats and to use "Laudato Si'" and the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon as a guide. (CNS photo/Ingrid Campos, courtesy CPP)

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Brazilian church campaign draws attention to threats against advocates

Lise Alves|Jul 29, 2020|3 Min Read

Bishop Henrique Soares da Costa. (Diocese of Palmares via CNA)

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Cries of ‘santo subito’ for Brazilian bishop who died of the coronavirus

Hannah Brockhaus|Jul 22, 2020|3 Min Read

A woman wearing a protective mask gestures on a street in Brasilia, Brazil July 7, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Brazil, where the cases as of July 12 totaled more than 1.8 million and over 72,000 deaths, 400 inmates from 23 prisons are producing 350,000 masks to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. (CNS photo/Adriano Machado, Reuters)

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NGO's programs in Brazil, Kenya produce masks to help contain COVID-19

Lise Alves|Jul 13, 2020|4 Min Read

A file photo shows a Yanomami standing near an illegal gold mine on indigenous land in the heart of Brazil's Amazon rainforest. (CNS photo/Bruno Kelly, Reuters)

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Brazil's Yanomami ask OAS for help keeping out miners, COVID-19

Lise Alves|Jun 24, 2020|2 Min Read

Activists in protective gear dig "graves" on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro June 11, 2020. The graves were dug to symbolize those who died from COVID-19. (CNS photo/Pilar Olivares, Reuters)

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Pope Francis calls archbishop in Brazil, epicenter of coronavirus in Latin America

Hannah Brockhaus|Jun 11, 2020|2 Min Read

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 7, 2020. The pope urged people to not declare victory against COVID-19 but continue to be careful and follow health precautions. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Francis: The Trinity is saving love for a broken world

Hannah Brockhaus|Jun 7, 2020|3 Min Read

Indigenous women are seen at the Satere Mawe Association of Indigenous Women in Manaus, Brazil, April 24, 2020. The women sew face masks for sale during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Bruno Kelly, Reuters)

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Advocates: Brazilian government not protecting indigenous during pandemic

Lise Alves|May 5, 2020|3 Min Read

Gleyse Kelly da Silva poses for a photo in 2016 with her daughter Maria Giovanna, who has microcephaly, in Recife, Brazil. (CNS photo/Ueslei Marcelino, Reuters)

Brazil’s Supreme Court rejects effort to legalize abortion in Zika cases

Catholic News Agency|Apr 27, 2020|3 Min Read

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