Evangelical Christianity is spreading fast across the Amazon. The spiritual battle is reshaping the world’s biggest ...

Yet this picture of faith, Brazilian authorities say, is masking a darker truth. Officials describe the ranch as part of a sprawling slave labor and racketeering ring led by Pastor Cícero Vicente ...

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil -- A Brazilian pastor died of an apparent heart attack while watching the Mel Gibson film The Passion of the Christ, witnesses said Monday. Jose Geraldo Soares, a 43-year ...

(JTA) — A Brazilian pastor prayed to God to “destroy the Jews like vermin” and bring about a second Holocaust during a sermon in Rio de Janeiro. “Massacre the Jews, God, hit them with your ...

Nearly one-fourth of Brazil's Congress is made up of evangelicals, while Bolsonaro has named them to his Cabinet. In December, he appointed the first-ever evangelical pastor, André Mendonça, to ...

Gang violence has made Brazil one of the most dangerous countries in Latin America: Killings nationwide reached a record 64,000 in 2017, and the death toll remains high.

Brazilian police are investigating a fraud scheme made up of dozens of evangelical pastors who allegedly took money from 50,000 victims by taking advantage of their religious beliefs.The criminal ...

Pastor Silas Malafaia delivers a sermon during a live-streamed service at an empty church in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro insists on the need to reopen churches.

A pastor who was filmed two years ago praying for another Holocaust was sentenced to 18 years and six months in prison, a historic penalty that made headlines across Brazil. “A historic sentence ...

Members of the God's Love Evangelical Church and Rehab Center pray for COVID-19 patients outside a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, March 26, 2021. The group, lead by Rev. Celio Ricardo ...

The Americas This Brazilian pastor said he was saving souls. Police say he ran a slave-labor ring. April 14, 2018 More than 7 years ago Summary ...