Tag: Catholics

• Monday, February 25th 2013 - 05:54 UTC

  Brazilian clergy lobby for Sao Paulo archbishop as the next Pope

  

  Catholicism in Latin America is “lively and dynamic,” Brazilian Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis said on Sunday, suggesting that the church look to Latin America for leadership. Damasceno is one of the 117 “cardinal electors” that will participate in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope, following Benedict XVI announcement he is stepping down at the end of the month.

• Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 05:32 UTC

  Catholic Church rapidly loosing ground to evangelists in Brazil

  

  Less than two-thirds of Brazilians identify as Catholics, marking a record decline in what is considered to be the world's largest Catholic country, new figures showed Friday.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 04:01 UTC

  Cuba’s Revolution square admits the growing presence of the Catholic Church

  

  Hundreds of Cubans paid homage on Saturday to the patron of the country, the Virgin of Copper Charity, at the Plaza de la Revolución (Revolution Square) the political heart of the island and at the precise point where Pope John Paul II in 1998 held a mass to hundreds of thousands.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2010 - 00:21 UTC

  “A very warm welcome” to Benedict XVI, the first state visit of a Pope to UK

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron offered Tuesday “a very warm welcome” to Pope Benedict XVI ahead of his visit to Britain. The first state visit by a Pope to Britain, starting on Thursday, will take in trips to Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Birmingham, and includes a meeting with PM Cameron on Saturday.