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    Priest carries the holy host during a Corpus Christi procession in the state of Paraná

    A New Book Reveals How Serious Is Sexual Abuse by Catholic Priests in Brazil

    Demonstrations in Bolivia in recent weeks have been directed at a seemingly unusual target: ...

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    Matthew Casey-Pariseault
    A patient prepares to take mifepristone, an abortion pill. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

    How Brazilians, Americans and the World Trick the System to Get Forbidden Abortion Pills

    When Maria discovered she was unexpectedly pregnant after a one-night stand in her home ...

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    Anastasia Moloney and Fabio Teixeira
    Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro is attempting to win the Christian vote in the upcoming election. Joacy Souza/Alamy

    Brazil President Betting Religion Will Keep Him in Power for Four More Years

    This autumn’s Brazilian presidential election offers a glimpse of how 21st century populist leaders ...

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    Mathew Guest
    Uncontacted Indigenous community in the Brazilian state of Acre. Image by Gleilson Miranda / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

    Missionaries Barred from Contacting Brazil’s Isolated Indians

    Brazil’s highest court has upheld a ban on missionary activity inside reserves that are ...

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    Fernanda Wenzel
    Armed men in front of a football field | Ricardo Funari/BrazilPhotos/Alamy Stock Photo

    Drug Traffickers and Evangelicals Join Hands in Rio for Holy War Against Priests and Afro-Brazilian Gods

    Israeli flags fly from the highest spots of the hills surrounding the Cidade Alta ...

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    Kristina Hinz, Doriam Borges, Aline Coutinho, Thiago Cury Andries
    Magic fascinated and troubled early Christians as much as it does some people today. Marvel Studios

    Irony: Considered Evil, Magic Is Integral to Development of Christianity

    Americans are fascinated by magic. TV shows like “WandaVision” and “The Witcher,” books like ...

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    Shaily Shashikant Patel
    Southern Baptist women demonstrating against the faith's gender role doctrine in Birmingham, Alabama, in 2019. AP Photo/Julie Bennett

    The Evangelicals Belief in the Gracious Submission of Wives to Their Husbands Is Quite Recent

    Prominent evangelical leader Beth Moore, who announced in March 2021 that she was leaving ...

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    Susan M. Shaw
    People visiting a Christ sculpture at the Santa Maria Magdalena Church in Granada, Spain. Álex Cámara/NurPhoto via Getty Images

    How the Cross and Good Friday Have Been Used to Defend Racism and Anti-Semitism

    Churches around the world will be holding services for their three most important days ...

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    Joanne M. Pierce
    Three women dressed in period garb as alewives. The tall hats became a part of witch iconography. Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images

    How Men and the Inquisition Ended Women’s Dominance in the Beer Industry Calling Them Witches

    What do witches have to do with your favorite beer? When I pose this ...

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    Laken Brooks
    Trumpeting the past? The Bible has conflicting narratives over the conquest of Canaan. Wikimedia Commons

    The Bible As a Model to Tell America’s History: Warts and All

    At a time when Americans are seemingly as polarized as ever over the present, ...

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    Mark K. George