Diocese of Apucarana requires authorization to use the term Catholic

Bishop Carlos José de Oliveira issued a decree on October 22 requiring entities, associations, communities, and movements within the Diocese of Apucarana to obtain prior authorization from ecclesiastical authority to present themselves publicly as Catholic.

In the same decree, the bishop proclaimed the Diocesan Eucharistic Year. This period of prayer, Eucharistic formation, and missionary and charitable actions will run from November 29, 2026, to November 21, 2027.