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Catholicism in the Brazilian Republic

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 10, 1890

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 16, No. 10.

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Catholicism in the Brazilian Republic

THE pope’s blessing upon the new republic of Brazil, at the time the empire was discarded, although a surprise to some people, proves to have been not altogether without purpose. While all the sects and creeds are to have equal rights, nominally, as to liberty of worship and self-government, the Roman Catholic is retained as the State religion, and its priests and institutions are maintained by the government.