GOODNEWS: A Franciscan sister fights for Indigenous rights in Brazil.

CATHOLIC nuns; CHURCH work with poor people; FRANCIS, Pope, 1936-; KARIRI (South American people)

RONDONIA (Brazil : State); BRAZIL

The article features Franciscan sister Laura Vicuña Pereira Manso who is serving the urban poor and Indigenous people in Rondônia State in the Brazilian Amazon. She was invited to attend the Synod for the Pan-Amazon Region and to be a member of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon Region by Pope Francis. She cites the reason why her parents never mentioned about being descendants of the Indigenous Kariri people. Also noted is her work with the Karipuna threatened by invaders.