I began with the questions raised by the Brazilian bishops about the problems of democracy and the media.

But Brazilian bishops put the figure at 76 percent, compared with 95 percent 50 years ago.

The process of canonisation formally began in 1990 with the petition by 226 Brazilian bishops, including four cardinals.

About a fortnight ago, the, the a Brazilian bishop, another person from Brazil, came to speak in York.

Our political culture has a conception of democracy that differs from that of the Brazilian bishops.

In fact, the Pope has continued to choose new Brazilian bishops from among conservative opponents of that kind of religious commitment to political and economic change.

(born October 26, 1916) is a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

At the age of 98, he was the sixth-oldest bishop in the Catholic Church and oldest Brazilian bishop.

"The letter suggests that the crisis between the Vatican and the Brazilian Bishops' Conference is reaching a breaking point," it said.

The National Conference of Brazilian Bishops had already made a declaration on the issue on 12 March 2009.