Get our news on your inbox! x

Remember me Forgot password

MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, April 25th 2024 - 06:17 UTC

Tag: Brazilian bishops

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

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

    “What new paths can we offer our flocks so that they graze here and don't go to our neighbor's pasture?” asks Santin

    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.