Brazilian State Court Allows Installation of Marian Statue in Aparecida
The monumental stainless steel statue donated by artist Gilmar Pinna in 2017 is about 165 feet tall, nearly 65 feet taller than Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer.
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In ‘Querida Amazonia,’ Does ‘Mission’ of Aparecida Live Again?
COMMENTARY: Despite Pope Francis’ revival of the great vision the Latin American bishops set forth in 2007, there is little evidence that it will be truly be put into practice.
Will the Pan-Amazon Synod Abandon Pope Francis’ Aparecida Approach?
COMMENTARY: As the synod comes to the end of its first week, the central outcome is still in the balance.
Pope Francis and the ‘Theology of the People’
In a previously unpublished 2012 lecture, the future Pope emphasized that popular piety is the antithesis of widespread secularization.
