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‘No hypocrisy - unsafe abortion kills the poor every day’ and ‘For women’s lives’. Signs held in support of legal abortion during a march in São Paulo | MIGUEL SCHINCARIOL/AFP via Getty Images

Abortion: Pro-choice Forces in Brazil Are Being Threatened by Christian Radicals and the Ultra-right

Brazil’s Supreme Court has postponed a debate on decriminalizing early-term abortion, leading feminists and ...

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Andrea Dip
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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