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An Oct. 26 prayer service in the Santa Maria in Traspontina church remembers the 272 victims of a dam break in Brazil's Minas Gerais state, which Catholic development groups and human rights advocates blame on Brazilian mining company Vale and German safety and security company TÜV SÜD. Tom Stang (not pictured), brother of Notre Dame de Namur Sr. Dorothy Stang, read the Gospel at the service. (Regina Reinart)

An Oct. 26 prayer service in the Santa Maria in Traspontina remembers 272 victims of a dam break in Brazil's Minas Gerais state. Tom Stang (not pictured), brother of Notre Dame de Namur Sr. Dorothy Stang, read the Gospel at the service. (Regina Reinart)