Pope Francis said he prays for the Brazilian people so that the Brazilian people are free from hatred, intolerance and violence this Wednesday (26), during the General Audience that takes place every week in St. . The information is from Vatican News, the Holy See’s news portal.
The declaration comes four days before the second round of elections, scheduled for the weekend – and two weeks after Bolsonarista militants caused riots at the National Shrine of Nossa Senhora Aparecida, patron saint of Brazil, on the national day of its celebration.
Then an angry mob surrounded a young man wearing a red T-shirt shouting “Lula, thief, your place is in prison” and “our flag will never be red”. A delegation of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) visited the site on the same date.
The saint, by the way, was directly quoted by the pontiff in his speech this Wednesday: “I pray that Our Lady Aparecida protects and takes care of the Brazilian people,” he said.
The leader of the Catholic Church also mentioned the beatification of Benigna Cardoso da Silva, in Crato, Ceará, earlier this week. The 13-year-old girl was killed during an attempted rape in 1941. The pope described her as “a young martyr who, following the word of God, kept her life pure, defending her dignity.”
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