Brazil´s Centrão Voting Bloc Presses Bolsonaro for Banco do Brasil and Mint Appointments
With the election of Arthur Lira (PP-AL) to head the Chamber and Rodrigo Pacheco (DEM-MG) to run the Senate, parties...
February 8, 2021Topic
Universal Church
Brazil´s Universal Church Bishops in Angola Convicted of Insult and Contempt
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The bishops, two of them Angolan and the other Brazilian, were arrested by the authorities...
November 27, 2020
Statute of Limitations Bars Sentencing of Church Founder Macedo
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – After eight years of judicial delays, the statutory limitations period has expired, and Bishop Edir Macedo,...
October 20, 2019
Diplomatic Passport For Religious Leader Revoked in Brazil
A federal judge in Rio de Janeiro has annulled the concession of diplomatic passports to Evangelical Bishop, Edir Macedo, founder...
April 17, 2019
Brazilian Evangelical Bishop Granted Diplomatic Passport
Brazil’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has granted diplomatic passports to Evangelical Bishop, Edir Macedo, founder and leader of the Universal Church...
April 16, 2019