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Lise Alves

Catholics in the Amazon hope COP15 generates projects in favor of forest

December 14, 2022
By Lise Alves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News

As representatives from nearly 200 countries gather for the U.N. Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, environmental activists living in the Amazon region hope the conference’s proposals will generate new projects in favor of the forest and the populations that live in the region.

New species of screech owl in Amazon named after Sister Dorothy Stang

June 1, 2021
By Lise Alves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News

Dubbed the Xingu screech owl, the little creature was given a scientific name of “Megascops stangiae” in honor of the late Sister Dorothy Stang, a U.S.-born Sister of Notre Dame de Namur.

Franciscans in Brazil use frevo music in video urging people to stay home

April 7, 2020
By Lise Alves
Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, Video, World News

To the soundtrack of the official hymn of Recife’s Galo da Madrugada, said to be the largest carnival block in the world, Franciscans from five convents in northeastern Brazil dance to a typical Brazilian rhythm known as the frevo with one request: “Fique em Casa” (Stay Home).

Brazil remembers Sister Dorothy Stang; landless defenders still threatened

February 12, 2020
By Lise Alves
Filed Under: News, World News

Feb. 12 was the 15th anniversary of Sister Dorothy Stang’s assassination in the Amazon region of Brazil. The U.S.-born nun is remembered as a crusader for the poor and the landless and for her love of the land and the Amazon forest.

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