Brazil: Priest shot in failed robbery
Catholic News
HAMBURGO VELHO, Brazil, April 3, 2011--The pastor of the church of Our Lady of Mercy in Hamburgo Velho, Brazil, was shot in the face last Wednesday in an attack at the parish. Monsignor Inácio Jose Schuster, 41, the vicar general of the Diocese of Novo Hamburgo, is in stable condition in a local hospital. Source: CBCP News - World News
Anger as 300 centuries-old trees in Brazilian national park are axed for Pope Franciss visit to Catholic country
UK News
Organisers of an event in the diocese of Sao Sebastiao de Itaipu, in the city of Niteroi, claimed they needed to clear an area of Atlantic rainforest to accommodate the crowd.
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