Bolsonaro not welcome at Catholic celebration
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- 11 Oct 2022
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Catholic authorities in the Brazilian city of Belém condemned the political use of the Cirio festivities, arguably the largest worship celebration in Latin America, ahead of the presidential runoff scheduled for Oct. 30.
The Brazilian Catholic Church repudiated President Jair Bolsonaro's participation in a Navy boat for the pilgrimage gathering 2.5 million people in Belém, the capital of the Amazonian state of Pará.
In an unscheduled move, Bolsonaro boarded a Brazilian Navy boat to participate alongside other typical boats full of pilgrims carrying flowers along the Amazonian rivers at Belém. “We do not allow any use of a political or partisan character of the Cirio activities,” the Bishopric of Belém said in a statement.
Bolsonaro arrived in Pará Friday evening to campaign in a state where former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva obtained more votes in the Oct. 2 first round. The incumbent leader's camp also launched accusations of “Satanism” last week against Lula, who had to deny them and insist on his being a Catholic.
“No politician can claim the Cirio, which is the property of the people of Pará and of the believers of the world,” said Governor Helder Barbalho, of the Brazilian Democracy Movement (MDB), who was reelected last Sunday and is known to support Lula. Read More...
