SAO PAULO, Brazil — The body of a strangled toddler was found inside the baptismal basin of an evangelical church in southern Brazil, officials said Monday. Eighteen-month-old Gabrielli Cristina ...

A video showing a crying elderly man approaching the altar during Mass — prompting the priest to interrupt the consecration and give him a hug — went viral in Brazil and moved millions of people.

SÃO PAULO – A major folk saint in the northeastern part of Brazil, 19th-century Padre (Father) Ibiapina was officially declared Venerable by the Vatican, according to a decree released on Mar. 31.

Curitiba, PR, Brazil, 24th September, 2025 — For years, technical staff at the Comunhão Cristã Abba, a 3,500-capacity evangelical church in southern Brazil, had been considering replacing their ...

Numerous new ecclesial movements and communities have flourished in the postconciliar Church. St. John Paul II said that they “bear witness to the constant attraction which the total gift of self to ...

SÃO PAULO – Lux Mundi Center, an office established by the Conference of Religious of Brazil and by the Bishops’ Conference, recently promoted a cycle of conferences with Father Hans Zollner, a major ...