Lise Alves es una periodista independiente radicada en São Paulo, Brasil. Ha colaborado con medios de comunicación de habla inglesa de todo el mundo, como The Rio Times, Catholic News Service, The Lancet, The Guardian y National Catholic Reporter. También ha trabajado como periodista radiofónica para Monitor Radio, Deutsche Welle y Radio Vaticano.
Catholic sisters — with a 50-year history of advocating for Brazilian Indigenous populations — continue to show up in solidarity, as tribes such as the Karipuna and Yanomami struggle to maintain their land and culture.
¿Qué ocurre cuando una comunidad indígena pierde su hogar? ¿Cómo afecta a su cultura, su identidad y su bienestar? ¿Qué pasa cuando su territorio ancestral es invadido por los hacendados y los barones de la madera? Conoce en este reportaje de GSR en español, el acompañamiento que religiosas católicas de diversas congregaciones brindan a los habitantes originales de estas tierras en la lucha por su supervivencia.
In Brazil, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro Oct. 30 by less than 1%. Catholic sisters expressed hope for da Silva and celebrated the end of Bolsonaro's presidency.
A new species of screech owl discovered in the Amazon was named Megascops stangiae, to honor the martyred Sr. Dorothy Stang. Her congregation, and the researchers who discovered the new species, say the name fits.
Religious women working in Brazil's Amazonas state have been a driving force of support, helping the population cope with the devastation of COVID-19 in the region. Yet they have faced their own anguishes.
Feb. 12 was the 15th anniversary of Sr. Dorothy Stang's assassination in the Amazon region of Brazil. The U.S.-born nun is remembered as a crusader for the poor and the landless and for her love of the land and the Amazon forest.
The canonization of the first Brazilian-born female saint is making headlines across the country, putting news coverage of the country's current political and economic difficulties on the backburner.
