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Church in Brazil

Archbishop: US tariff pressure in Brazil ‘unacceptable’

Filipe d’Avillez
Sep 12, 2025
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The vice president of the Brazilian bishops’ conference has described as “unacceptable” Trump trade policies believed to have been aimed at influencing a criminal trial of Brazil’s former president.

Archbishop Paulo Jackson de Sousa. Credit: Vatican Media

Speaking Friday to The Pillar, on the sidelines of a Lisbon meeting for bishops from Portuguese-speak…

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