Posts Tagged ‘Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo’

Progressive clergy in Brazil facing death threats after Lula’s election

Thursday, November 17th, 2022

Auxiliary Bishop Vicente de Paula Ferreira of the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte was threatened by an armed man after a Mass on November 12 in the suburban city of Moeda, in a sign of the political violence facing members of the clergy in Brazil. Since former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat incumbent Jair Read more