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.