Covid-19 immunization campaigns must overcome enormous difficulties in reaching remote indigenous groups, isolated riverside communities and the villages of quilombola people, the descendants of African slaves.
Latin America
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Pope Francis and the dehumanizing nature of contemporary economies
Two recent books by Benjamin McKean and Vincent Bevins show the violence done to developing countries in the name of economic prosperity and U.S. political hegemony.
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Lessons from a year of online liturgy at a Jesuit parish in Belize
Experimenting with virtual liturgies need not be a cause for despair but instead an invitation from the Lord to try something new.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
A church survey reveals how mothers in Brazil are struggling to care for newborns in prison.
The Brazilian Constitution secures the right of women who are incarcerated to breastfeed their babies for six months. The law also allows them to serve their time at home. The decision is left to a judge.
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Brazil has an ally in the fight against Covid vaccination disinformation: The Catholic Church.
Despite Brazil’s successes with vaccines, during the Covid-19 pandemic more Brazilians than ever have come to fear vaccination efforts because of disinformation campaigns.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Venezuelan refugees, once promised welcome by Brazil’s government, look to the Catholic Church
Refugees “can’t obtain the Brazilian documents,” one local bishop said, “but they keep needing shelter, food and healthcare.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Joe Biden’s $4 billion plan to discourage Central American migration at its source
The Biden administration has vowed to invest $4 billion in Central America to address factors that drive immigration to the United States—economic insecurity, violence, environmental crises and government corruption.
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Papal trip to Argentina and Uruguay is still on the table, Pope Francis says
Pope Francis told Uruguay’s new ambassador to the Holy See that a future visit to the country as well as to his native Argentina is still very much on the table.
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Argentina legalizes abortion despite strong Catholic opposition in Pope Francis’ homeland
Argentina has legalized abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
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HBO’s ‘The Art of Political Murder’ profiles the ‘Óscar Romero of Guatemala’
“The Art of Political Murder” reveals what happened when the government finally had enough of Bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera.