Land conflict Sep 12, 2009
One good example is that of the Nova Olinda area, in the south of Para ... The problem is that now indigenous tribes are also claiming Nova Olinda. (BBC News -- Americas)
Divisive issue Apr 3, 2009
Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Jose Cardoso Sobrinho, 4 March. The archbishop later insisted it was not he who was ordering the excommunication, but that he had been simply restating the teachings of the Church. (BBC News -- Americas)
Vatican backs abortion row bishop Mar 8, 2009
Doctors said the girl's case met both these conditions, but the Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Jose Cardoso Sobrinho said the law of God was above any human law. He said the excommunication would apply to the child's mother and the doctors, but not to the girl because of her age. (BBC News -- Americas)
* Lula blasts archbishop over excommunications Mar 8, 2009
Gomes Sobrinho, archbishop of Olinda and Recife, defended his decision in an interview published on Friday by Brazilian daily O Estado de Sao Paulo. Abortion is a silent Holocaust, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Lula 'rues' Church abortion move Mar 7, 2009
The Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Jose Cardoso Sobrinho, said the excommunication would apply to the child's mother and the doctors, but not to the girl because of her age. But his actions were criticised by President Lula, who said: "As a Christian and a Catholic I deeply regret that a bishop of the Catholic Church has such a conservative attitude. "The doctors did what had to be done: save the life of a girl nine years old. (BBC News -- Americas)
Excommunication over rape row Mar 6, 2009
The Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Jose Cardoso Sobrinho, told Brazil's TV Globo that the law of God was above any human law. He said the excommunication would not apply to the child because of her age, but would affect all those who ensured the abortion was carried out. (BBC News -- Americas)
Girl, 9, aborts twins after rape Mar 5, 2009
But Marcio Miranda, a lawyer for the Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife in northeastern Brazil, said the girl should have carried the twins to term and had a cesarean section. "It's the law of God: Do not kill. We consider this murder," Miranda said in comments reported by O Globo. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
