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The world's tallest monument of Our Lady of Fatima was inaugurated  in Crato, located in Ceará state in northeastern Brazil. / Credit: Courtesy of  Prefeitura do Crato/Screenshot

World’s Tallest Our Lady of Fátima Monument Inaugurated in Brazil

Nov 20, 2025

The world’s tallest monument dedicated to Our Lady of Fátima was inaugurated in Crato, located in Ceará state in northeastern Brazil.

Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas lived to 116. / Credit: Nathália Queiroz/ACI Digital

World’s Oldest Person, Sr. Inah Canabarro Lucas of Teresian Sisters of Brazil, Dies at 116

May 1, 2025

Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest person in the world, died Wednesday in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at the age of 116.

Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas is the oldest person in the world. / Credit: Nathália Queiroz/ACI Digital

116-year-old Brazilian Catholic Nun is World’s Oldest Human Being

Jan 7, 2025

The oldest human being in the world is Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, a 116-year-old nun from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul who was born on May 27, 1908.

Our Lady of Medianeira is among 31 flooded churches in the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Brazil. / Credit: Courtesy photo

Heavy Rains in Brazil Leave Hundreds Dead or Injured, Half a Million Homeless, Churches Flooded

May 14, 2024

The heavy rains that have pounded the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul have flooded 31 churches in the four vicariates of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre.

Sister Inah Canabarro and her nephew Kléber Canabarro. / Credit: ACI Digital

World’s Oldest Catholic Nun is 115-year-old Brazilian Whose "great secret is to pray"

Mar 20, 2024

“My secret, my great secret, is to pray,” says Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest nun in the world at 115 years of age.

Triplets María Gorete dos Santos, María de Lourdes dos Santos, and María Aparecida dos Santos, 57, are all nuns belonging to the Franciscan Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. | Credit: Courtesy of Sister María Gorete dos Santos

Called by God from Childhood, Triplets from Brazil Belong to the Same Religious Order

Mar 16, 2023

Triplets María Gorete dos Santos, María de Lourdes dos Santos, and María Aparecida dos Santos, 57, are all nuns belonging to the Franciscan Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.