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The Igreja da Penha and the North Zone

By Zoë Roller • August 17, 2011

Visitors arriving in Rio de Janeiro are greeted not by Copacabana or Christ the Redeemer, as the postcards suggest, but by a white church perched atop a domed hill. It is the first landmark visible […]

Religion in Rio’s Favelas

By Samuel Lima • Translation by Samuel Novacich • May 11, 2011

Clique aqui para Português Reporting by: Glenda Fernandes, Saulo Araújo, Hosana Souza, Josilaine Costa, Samuel Lima, Henrique Ribeiro and Amanda Souza. One of the healthiest aspects of Brazil’s young democracy is its widespread religious freedom, […]