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Lise Alves - Catholic News Service
Catholics who work in the Amazon say members of small, isolated villages believe the church could be more present in their lives if it allowed the ordination of married men.
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Lise Alves - Catholic News Service
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been recorded several times stating that he does not agree with the number and size of indigenous territories.
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Lise Alves - Catholic News Service
Less than two weeks before the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon was scheduled to begin at the Vatican, the Brazilian bishops' Indigenous Missionary Council reported that the number of indigenous land invasions and indigenous murdered in Brazil in 2018 soared.
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Lise Alves - Catholic News Service
Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, a Catholic who campaigned to rid the nation of corruption, will take office Jan. 1 with a conservative moral agenda.
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"Prison is a place of death and torture," in Brazil, said Father Silveira. "It is a factory of torture that creates monsters."

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Lise Alves - Catholic News Service
Sao Paulo Cardinal Odilo Scherer said his predecessor "gave his life to God after having generously dedicated it to his brothers in this world."
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Since 2003, nearly 900 indigenous have been killed in a violent manner in Brazil.
Refugee Olympic Team's Yolande Mabika, left, and Linda Bolder of Israel compete in judo during the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Aug. 10. (CNS photo/Toru Hanai, Reuters)
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"This team is the victory scream of all refugees. People believe that we don't belong anywhere, but we do ... we belong to the world and the world belongs to all."
An aerial view of Rio de Janeiro on July 16 shows the Christ the Redeemer statue with Maracana stadium in the background. (CNS photo/Ricardo Moraes, Reuters)
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"We hope that the center will encourage harmony and unity among different countries and among different religions," Father Tavares told Catholic News Service.
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Archbishop Aldo di Cillo Pagotto of Brazil on July 6. The resignation comes after accusations of pedophilia lodged at some of the priests taken in by Archbishop Pagotto. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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"I made the mistake of being too trusting," the archbishop wrote in a letter.