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Brazilian parish offers Mass for souls of Extraordinary ministers who died in plane crash 

August 13, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

María Auxiliadora Vaz de Arruda, known as Doña Dora (right), was the coordinator of the extraordinary ministers of holy Communion at her parish. Her husband, José Cloves Arruda (left), also served as an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist. T… […]

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Family Pride Parade to be held on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro

August 9, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The parade has the support of the archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, Cardinal Orani João Tempesta. / Credit: Francisco Anzola, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

ACI Digital, Aug 9, 2024 / 07:00 am (… […]

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Mother of twin priests: The greatest wealth for parents is to have sons who are priests

May 21, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Mother of twin priests Eliete Dahan dos Santos says “there is no greater wealth than having priest sons.” / Credit: Personal album of Father Wallace Dahan dos Santos

ACI Digital, May 21, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
“I believe there is no greater wea… […]

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Heavy rains in Brazil leave hundreds dead or injured, half a million homeless, churches flooded

May 14, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Our Lady of Medianeira is among 31 flooded churches in the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Brazil. / Credit: Courtesy photo

ACI Digital, May 14, 2024 / 18:31 pm (CNA).
The heavy rains that have pounded the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul sinc… […]

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World’s oldest nun is 115-year-old Brazilian

March 20, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Sister Inah Canabarro and her nephew Kléber Canabarro. / Credit: ACI Digital

ACI Digital, Mar 20, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
“My secret, my great secret, is to pray,” said Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest nun in the world at 115 years of age… […]

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Bishops of Brazil encourage prayers to prevent liberalization of abortion

August 10, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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ACI Digital, Aug 10, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
The bishops of Brazil encouraged the faithful to pray privately as well as at Masses this weekend to prevent the liberalization of abortion in Brazil.“We strongl… […]

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Brazil congresswoman launches rosary campaign amid ‘serious threat’ of legalized abortion

July 19, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Brazilian Congresswoman Chris Tonietto. / Credit: Zeca Ribeiro / Câmara dos Deputados

ACI Digital, Jul 19, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
Brazilian federal legislator Christine Nogueira dos Reis Tonietto, a member of the Liberal Party (PL), launched a … […]

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Called by God from childhood, triplets from Brazil belong to the same religious order

March 16, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Triplets María Gorete dos Santos, María de Lourdes dos Santos, and María Aparecida dos Santos, 57, are all nuns belonging to the Franciscan Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. / Credit: Courtesy of Sister María Gorete dos Santos

CNA News… […]

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Brazilian bishop authorizes prayer for private devotion to Benedict XVI

January 18, 2023 Catholic News Agency 7

Pope Benedict XVI. / Credit: Vatican Media

CNA Newsroom, Jan 18, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).
A bishop has authorized and published a prayer for private devotion to Pope Benedict XVI, who died Dec. 31, 2022, at the age of 95 in Rome.Bishop Carlos Ros… […]

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Brazil bishops denounce violent seizure of Congress, president’s office, and Supreme Court

January 9, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

National Congress of Brazil / Credit: Shutterstock

CNA Newsroom, Jan 9, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).
The Catholic bishops of Brazil condemned the violent seizure on Jan. 8 of Congress, the president’s office, and the Supreme Court in Brasilia, the co… […]

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