Oh, and he was elected on the Feast of Christ the King no less!
Fr. Ortiz had this to say:
"If he keeps his promises he will have a huge impact not only in Brazil, the largest Catholic country, but also in Latin America.
Something is unusually moving in Brazil on the right direction:
recently they impeached a Socialist president
and a former Socialist President is in jail!
He was stabbed during his campaign and almost died.
He was elected yesterday, on Christ the King feast. A coincidence?
We must pray for him."
And here is Fr. Ortiz' translation of the original Portuguese:
TERMS OF COMMITMENT
(of the recently elected President of Brazil)
I, JAIR MESSIAS BOLSONARO, as candidate for the position of PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC [OF BRAZIL], in this year
2018, I assume the public commitment of, if elected, to defend and promote:
- The full right to life, from conception to natural death, fighting against all law or decision in favor of abortion, euthanasia, research on human embryos and human cloning;
- The true meaning of marriage, as a union between man and woman;
- The Family, constituted according to the teaching of the Church, and its right to educate the children;
- Respect for the Catholic Faith and all its symbols, rites, manifestations and temples;
- To fight against gender ideology;
- Confessional religious teaching;
- Combating the legalization of drugs and prostitution;
- Combating poverty and any form of slavery;
- Improvements in the areas of health, education, housing, basic sanitation, environment, justice and security;
- The honest and transparent management of power and public resources;
- The fight against judicial activism, characterized by the usurpation of the attributions of the Legislative power by the Judiciary, with the responsibility of those who do so.
I am therefore committed to making the utmost and/or sanction of Laws and acts, in general, designed to promote and give greater guarantee to the inalienable values and other rights specified above.
Consequently, I undertake not to allow or do everything in my power
to approve and/or sanction Laws and decisions of any nature contrary to the same inalienable values and rights.
Rio de Janeiro, October 12, 2018.
Does that mean that all new masses said in Portuguese are valid? ;) j/k
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Just because the dogma of the faith is preserved in a particular language doesn't mean it's impossible to lie in the same language.
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But now, how to keep tabs on the growth of the TLM in Brasil?
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What does Bishop Tomas de Aquino have to say about this development?
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In any case, Our Lord is obviously keeping watch over Rio de Janeiro...
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(https://s16-us2.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.newsapi.com.au%2Fimage%2Fv1%2F27e3cb2a98b48a13caaca45e2d1bbb43&sp=9cad88046a6d16348c0602fd39269477)
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BTW Our Lord's hands in Rio's statue show the marks of the nails:
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(https://s16-us2.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maxpixel.net%2Fstatic%2Fphoto%2F1x%2FCorcovado-Brazil-Rio-De-Janeiro-Christ-The-Redeemer-2113845.jpg&sp=1da45c7a8ca83eebef02d3255a3b143d)
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AND He wears a crown of thorns!
(https://s16-us2.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jokesoftheday.net%2Fjokes-archive%2F2015%2F03%2F03%2FSelfie-on-the-top-of-the-Christ-the-Redeemer-statue-Rio-De-Janeiro-Brazil.jpg&sp=07384e9489159881e615d4b82589efad)
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AND it includes His Sacred Heart:
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(https://s3-eu1.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https:%2F%2Fi.dailymail.co.uk%2Fi%2Fpix%2F2014%2F01%2F21%2Farticle-2543588-1ADBA9D200000578-2_964x641.jpg&sp=6bed358127cb70706975ccf76793e7c6)
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Which, due to its smaller scale, might not be noticeable in some views and lighting conditions.
This shot has too much contrast; perhaps a polarizing filter would have helped.