Brazil News News Brazil » Religion: Hundreds march in Brazil to support religious freedom as cases of intolerance rise
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — Practitioners of different religious traditions marched down Rio de Janeiro's iconic Copacabana Beach on Sunday to support religious freedom in Brazil, where cases of ...
News Brazil » Religion: At Brazil's carnival, the country's religions fight for respect on a global stage
(RNS) — Rio de Janeiro’s lavish Carnival parades, which burst to life in the days before Lent begins, are famous for their colorful costumes, giant floats and the driving rhythm of samba that is a ...
News Brazil » Religion: Rhythm and religion keep history alive in Brazil's Salvador
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The religion of Candomblé was banned for centuries out of fear that its celebrations were associated with witchcraft. Photograph ...
News Brazil » Religion: Brazil’s Fight Over the Soul of a Snack
For decades, acarajé has been considered an offering to Afro-Brazilian religious deities. What happens when evangelicals start producing and selling it? It’s summer in the Southern Hemisphere, and ...
News Brazil » Religion: Soccer player Paulinho won't let intolerance of his Afro-Brazilian religion stop his faith
LAGOA SANTA, Brazil (AP) — Academics and religious-freedom advocates say that Afro-Brazilian religions are sometimes demonized in neo-Pentecostal churches. LAGOA SANTA, Brazil (AP) — When Brazilian ...
News Brazil » Religion: Hundreds march in Brazil to support religious freedom
Practitioners of different religious traditions marched down Rio de Janeiro's iconic Copacabana Beach on Sunday to support religious freedom in Brazil, where cases of intolerance have doubled over the ...
News Brazil » Religion: At Brazil's Carnival, the country's religions fight for respect on a global stage
“The origins of Carnival in Brazil are linked to enslaved Africans who were brought here and came together to create samba using percussion instruments,” Aydano André Motta, journalist, screenwriter, ...