Tag: Evangelical

• Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Bolsonaro tells religious followers he plans to appoint an evangelical minister to the Supreme Court

  

  Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro said at an event with conservative evangelical Christians that he hopes to appoint an evangelical minister to the supreme court next year.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Evangelical churches advancing in Argentina, even in Francis former archdiocese

  

  The pastor's voice bellows through an old converted cinema in a rundown Buenos Aires barrio and hundreds of hands reach out in prayer. Though not a typical place of worship, Evangelical churches like this one are sprouting up all over Pope Francis' former archdiocese, as once staunchly Catholic Argentina battles an economic crisis that has plunged more than one-third of the nation into poverty.

• Friday, October 4th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Pope looking into options to recruiting more priests in the Amazon region

  

  A shortage of Catholic priests in the Amazon is eroding the church's influence in the remote region, bishops in Brazil and Peru warn, ahead of a Vatican synod dedicated to the rainforest. Wilmar Santin, one of the scores of Brazilian bishops set to attend the Oct 6-27 gathering, says the church is ceding ground to more nimble Evangelical rivals and needs to lift its game.

• Saturday, November 24th 2018 - 08:36 UTC

  Extreme right philosopher nominated as Brazil's Education minister

  

  Brazilian president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has chosen Ricardo Vélez Rodriguez, a Colombian professor naturalized Brazilian, to be the next Minister of Education. The late Friday announcement happened on social media and is considered a bow to the evangelical Christian backers of the elected president.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 08:58 UTC

  Evangelical “block” in Brazilian congress expected to increase

  

  Evangelical voters are expected to play a decisive role in Brazil’s Oct. 7 presidential election as new rules ban corporations from making direct contributions in the wake of a graft scandal. With their numbers and clout growing, and the “evangelical bloc” in Congress accounting for 15% of federal lawmakers, evangelical supporters have become the focus of leading candidates.