Priest accused of being involved in alleged plot to assassinate ...
Nov 22, 2024 · A large crowd, presumably supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, seized on Sunday key buildings at the seat of the Brazilian government.
Brazilian bishops: Throw the book against alleged coup plotters
Dec 21, 2024 · Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro and 35 other people, including a Catholic priest, were charged by the country's Federal Police on Nov. 21, 2024, on suspicion of the …
Brazil: Bolsonaro challenges the Catholic Church
Jair Bolsonaro is the first Brazilian president to participate in the March for Jesus that united close to three million evangelicals in Sao Paulo this year. In his speech, he thanked the faithful for …
At Copacabana church, Catholic voters clash over Brazil election
Oct 30, 2022 · Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – "A real Christian votes for Lula!" a backer of the ex-president shouts at a voter for far-right President Jair Bolsonaro at a Catholic church in Rio de …
Brazil’s Bolsonaro is worried about a new ‘leftist’ insurgency: The ...
Feb 25, 2019 · This fall’s Synod of Bishops on the Pan-Amazonian Region is already heightening tensions between the Catholic Church in Brazil and the populist, right-wing government of …
In openly criticizing Brazil's president, 152 bishops spur anger ...
Aug 20, 2020 · A letter signed by 152 Brazilian Catholic bishops harshly criticizing President Jair Bolsonaro's administration and his unsuccessful handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has …
Jair Bolsonaro - Latest news - Catholic News Agency
Jan 10, 2025 · Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and 35 other people were charged by the Federal Police on Nov. 21 on suspicion... Read more
Bolsonaro will accept Brazil’s election results only if he wins. The ...
Sep 27, 2022 · Instead of holding the bicentennial events in Brasília, the nation’s capital, President Jair Bolsonaro transformed a patriotic military parade into a campaign rally, …
Christian nationalism is thriving in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Dec 1, 2021 · Bolsonaro’s wife is an active member of a Baptist church, and at least one of his sons identifies as evangelical. Bolsonaro himself, however, is Catholic and enjoys the support …
Why Brazil's Bolsonaro is courting evangelicals in the world's
Aug 26, 2022 · Jair Bolsonaro is relying on support from the country's quickly growing evangelical community to pull off an upset against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in October.