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Brazil's Lula sees Pope Francis in 'very friendly' encounter on busy day in Rome
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBrazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva threw his arms around Pope Francis and gave him a big...
Brazil's Yanomami leader asks the Pope to support President Lula in reversing damage to the Amazon
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoPope Francis met Wednesday with a leader of Brazil’s Yanomami people, who asked for papal backing...
Brazilian Claudio Hummes, once viewed as possible first Latin American pope, dies at 87
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCardinal Claudio Hummes of Brazil speaks at a synod on the Amazon region in 2019. (Andrew Medichini...
Brazil investigates after storming of Congress by backers of Bolsonaro, known as 'Trump of Tropics'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA day after thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brazil's Congress,...
Analysis-Lula struggles to revive Brazil's 'soft power' amid US-China tensions
Reuters via AOL· 8 months agoSince he returned to office in January, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has traveled to...
Pope Francis authorises Catholic church to baptise trans people
Euronews via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPope Francis has approved a document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which...
Pope Francis leaves Rome hospital 9 days after operation; surgeon says 'he's better than before'
Associated Press via AOL· 11 months agoPope Francis on Friday was discharged from the Rome hospital where he had abdominal surgery nine...
Pope appoints first cardinal from Amazon rainforest
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen the Archbishop of the Brazilian city of Manaus Leonardo Steiner kneels before Pope Francis on August 27, the Brazilian clergyman will make history...
Pope approves priests giving same-sex blessings
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Vatican said on Monday in a ruling approved by Pope Francis that Roman Catholic priests can administer blessings to same-sex couples, as long as they...
Brazil's Indigenous communities protest over ancestral land bill — and other world news you may have...
Yahoo News· 11 months agoAt least 100 Indigenous demonstrators blocked a major highway outside Brazil’s largest city, São...