Macapá - PIME Missionaries

May 20, 2020 | By pime_admin | In Amapá, Amazon, Brazil, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Macapá, PIME Missionary, PIME Priest

Record Amazon Deforestation Amdist the Pandemic

By Andrea Guerra In April, the Amazon rainforest recorded a 171% increase in the rate of deforestation, the worst in ten years. Taking advantage of the controls made milder by anti-COVID measures, 328 square miles of forest were stolen, burnt down by corrupt farmers and ranchers. The Brazilian region of Parà was the most affected […]

February 21, 2019 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In 70 Years Brazil Celebration, Amapá, Amazon, Brazil, Fr. Bouba Enock, Fr. Dante Bertolazzi, Fr. Lino Simonelli, Fr. Luigi Carlini, Macapá, PIME History, PIME Mission Insight, PIME Missionaries, PIME Missionary

Amapá: 70 Years of PIME in the Amazons

Amapá: 70 Years of PIME in the Amazons Fr. Bouba Enock confers with a young man after Mass. Fr. Bouba and Fr. Giancarlo Vecchiato travelgreat distances to share the Word with 100 communities along the banks of the Amazon. By Ana Claudia Machado In 1948, Bishop Pirovano and Fr. Cerqua arrived in Macapá, where the missionaries […]