Lisa Alves

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Catholic leaders condemn attacks on Brazil's Congress, high court, presidential palace

The National Conference of Brazilian Bishops said in a statement it was "perplexed by the serious and violent occurrences" that erupted Jan. 8 in Brasilia, the nation's capital.

A traditional house called a maloca, built by members of an isolated, semi-nomadic group, is pictured in 2011 near the Jandiatuba River in western Brazil.

Amazon Catholic leaders: Isolated Indigenous peoples must be protected

After the death in the Brazilian forest of an Indigenous man who was thought to be the last of his tribe and who shunned all contact with outsiders, Amazonian church leaders said it is more important than ever to protect the region's remaining semi-nomadic, isolated peoples.

Pahnin Mekragnotire of the Kayapo tribe observes logs left by loggers during a surveillance patrol on the Menkragnoti Indigenous Land to defend the territory against attacks by loggers and miners, in Brazil's Para state. (CNS photo/Lucas Landau, Reuters)

Violence against Indigenous in Brazil surges, says Catholic council

2021 "was the most disastrous in the country's history" in terms of violence and rights violations against Indigenous peoples, according to a report from the Brazilian bishops' Indigenous Missionary Council.

An elderly woman from the Guajajara Indigenous group is pictured in Grajaú, Brazil, Oct, 5, 2020. A Brazilian Catholic official hopes the papal apology in Canada will encourage citizens to help stop violence against Indigenous peoples. (CNS photo)

Papal apology reinforces Brazilian church's Indigenous work, leaders say

A member of the São Paulo archdiocesan justice and peace commission said he hoped Pope Francis' message about "walking together" with Indigenous, whose have long faced violence over land rights, will be heard throughout Brazilian society.

 

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