Brazil | Pearl of Great Price

Search

Aug 28 Medellin & Liberation Theology

Today we go back to year 1968 and travel to Medellin in Colombia, were the Second Latin American bishops' conference opened as a...

Aug 12 Golden Roses & Aparecida

Today in 1967 Pope Paul VI granted a Golden rose to Aparecida Cathedral in Brazil. The Golden Rose is an ornament, which popes have...

July 21 Marcelo Glasier - Wonder and Cosmology

Today Marcelo Glasier, published a fascinating book, The Prophet and the Astronomer: Apocalyptic Science and the End of the World. It was...

July 9 Brazil, a Papal stampede and Dom Helder Camara

Today in 1980 some people died in a stampede trying to get in to see Pope John Paul II in a soccer stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil. The...

May 31 CELAM 5, Aparecida and Pope Francis

Today we look at the short history of the Latin American Bishops Conference, their most recent meeting in Mexico at Aparecida and how...

May 4 Dividing the 'New World'

Today we remember how in 1493 Pope Alexander VI, in an age of exploration divided the 'New World' between Spain and Portugal. Giving the...

Feb 16 - Carnival, Mardi Gras and Pancake Tuesday

Today Christians around the world are preparing to enter Lent with one last blowout. Today we look at the traditions that mark this...

Feb 2 - Candlemas

Today Christians all over the world celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the temple. In the Spanish Speaking world the...

Jan 25 - São Paulo founded by missionaries

Today in 1554 a small group of Jesuit missionaries, built a mission on top of a steep hill on the Piratiningha plains . As part of the...

The Pearl