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A Creed for a World without AIDS

A Creed for a World without AIDS

We believe and proclaim the Good News of the Gospel: that God sent Jesus Christ to love and welcome into his kingdom all people who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. 

01 December 2011

Artist and local teenagers to create the City of God in Brazil

Artist and local teenagers to create the City of God in Brazil

Last year, the Parish of Christ the King in the City of God, Rio de Janeiro joined forces with international mural artist Joel Bergner to produce three murals for its boundary walls.

09 November 2011

Disarmament campaign engages religions in Brazil

Disarmament campaign engages religions in Brazil

Sao Paulo, 26 October (ENInews). The Instituto Sou da Paz is mobilizing the participation of churches and faith communities of Sao Paulo to motivate the "Campaign for Voluntary Handing In of Firearms and Ammunitions," during the current World Week for Disarmament, reports the Latin America and Caribbean Communication Agency (ALC).

01 November 2011

Fighting for land and environmental protection in Brazil

Fighting for land and environmental protection in Brazil

In fewer than 30 years, Brazil has become a world leader in industrial agriculture - producing commodities including corn, soybeans, coffee, cocoa, sugarcane and beef - at times at the expense of the local population and the environment.

31 October 2011

The Primate of Brazil on the school shooting: "This is a moment of sorrow and pain"

The Primate of Brazil on the school shooting: "This is a moment of sorrow and pain"

A statement by Bishop Mauricio Andrade, Primate of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil, about the shooting of children at a school in Rio de Janeiro.

08 April 2011

Secretary General expresses shock and sympathy at Brazil school shooting

Secretary General expresses shock and sympathy at Brazil school shooting

The Secretary General of The Anglican Communion Canon Kenneth Kearon has expressed his sympathy to Bishop Filadelfo Neto of Rio de Janeiro diocese following the murder of schoolchildren there.

08 April 2011

Relief efforts continue in Rio de Janeiro State

Relief efforts continue in Rio de Janeiro State

The death toll in Rio de Janeiro State continues to rise, after deadly rainstorms, never before seen in the region, which brought devastating destruction to Região Serrana, the Central Mountainous region of the State.

26 January 2011

Esforcos humanitarios continuam na Regiao Serrana do Rio de Janeiro

Esforcos humanitarios continuam na Regiao Serrana do Rio de Janeiro

O número de mortos no Estado do Rio de Janeiro continua a subir, após severas tempestades que trouxeram efeitos devastadores à Região Serrana fluminense.

26 January 2011

Church in solidarity with vicitms of flooding disaster in SE Brazil

Church in solidarity with vicitms of flooding disaster in SE Brazil

Anglicans are being called on to help families affected by killer mudslides

17 January 2011

IEAB em solidariedade com as vítimas das enchentes e deslizamentos

IEAB em solidariedade com as vítimas das enchentes e deslizamentos

As recentes chuvas que castigaram diversas áreas da Região Sudeste do Brasil, e em especial municípios da Região Serrana do Rio de Janeiro, deixam a todos nós consternados e em busca de possibilidades de auxílio as inúmeras vítimas afetadas.

17 January 2011