http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26032/christian-council-return-torture-documents-to-brazil http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26032/christian-council-return-torture-documents-to-brazil#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:46:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26032 On 14 June, three boxes containing records of brutal torture and repression suffered under two decades of Brazilian military rule were returned to the South American country from Switzerland, where the material has resided at the World Council of Churches archives.

Brazil was under a military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985. The material will add more documentation for people seeking compensation for their sufferings]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26032/christian-council-return-torture-documents-to-brazil/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25289/brazils-evangelical-revolution-sees-miracle-healers-take-centre-stage http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25289/brazils-evangelical-revolution-sees-miracle-healers-take-centre-stage#comments Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:42:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25289 Brazil – and much of Latin America and the Caribbean — is in the midst of what believers proudly call an "evangelical revolution".

According to the IBGE, Brazil's census board, the country's Catholic population fell from around 89% in 1980 to 74% in 2000, while its Pentecostal flock grew from 3% to 10%. Brazilian churches are opening branches from Buenos Aires to Port-au-Prince.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25289/brazils-evangelical-revolution-sees-miracle-healers-take-centre-stage/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22779/renascer-money-laundering http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22779/renascer-money-laundering#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:03:17 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22779 Brazil says it has temporarily suspended its request for the United States to extradite two leaders of an evangelical church to face money laundering charges.

The couple's attorneys say money laundering is not covered by the Brazil-U.S. extradition treaty.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22779/renascer-money-laundering/feed 0