Eduardo Campos Lima/Crux, Author at Catholic Herald

Eduardo Campos Lima/Crux

World’s largest Catholic country split over decriminalising marijuana use

March 18, 2024

SÃO PAULO – With Brazil’s Supreme Court and Congress at odds over the decriminalisation of marijuana possession, the same clash runs through the Church in the world’s largest Catholic country, with some urging a hard line and others insisting the last thing Brazil needs is a new “war on drugs”. Lawyer Miguel Vidigal, who heads

Costa Rican government has ‘transferred responsibility’ for immigrants to Church during migrant crisis

March 06, 2024

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Church organisations in Costa Rica are saying that the State is not acting to help migrants, while some activists argue that the government has all but transferred responsibility for immigrants to the Catholic Church as a migrant crisis overwhelms the country. The comments follow the tragic deaths of an Ecuadorian immigrant

Catholic priest targeted in Brazil’s equivalent of ‘Jan 6’ investigation

February 10, 2024

SÃO PAULO – A Catholic priest is among a set of aides and allies of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro currently being investigated by federal police on charges of conspiacy to state a coup d’état following 2022 elections that returned leftist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to power. Father José Eduardo de Oliveira e Silva, a

Chilean nun who voluntarily spent 18 months in prison during Covid wins prestigious award

February 07, 2024

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – A Chilean nun who voluntarily spent 18 months in prison in order to support inmates has said that she hopes a recent award she was given will help call attention to the issue of protecting the human dignity of people behind bars. Sister Nelly León, who’s worked with imprisoned women for

Catholic hospital’s refusal to implant contraceptive device generates conscientious objection debate in Brazil

January 29, 2024

SÃO PAULO – A refusal by a Catholic hospital in Brazil to implant a contraceptive intrauterine device in a 41-year-old woman has sparked a wide debate in the world’s largest Catholic country, both inside and outside the confines of the Church. The controversy erupted when a São Paulo-based content provider named Leonor Macedo took to

Ecuadorian Catholics negotiate and pray during prison riot crisis

January 16, 2024

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – One week after a drug lord escaped from prison and detonated an unprecedented crisis of violence in Ecuador, local Catholics are trying to address the atmosphere of insecurity that lingers over the South American country, with businesses closed and a nationwide curfew. Catholics in the Latin Anerican nation, who make up

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