Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida

Feast Day ~ October 12thPresent from Father Dom Stannly dos Santos 

Pope Francis Greets Jewish Leaders

World Youth Day 2013 Photos

Nossa Senhora Aparecida, Patroness of Brasil 

The Spirit of St. Francis ruled during WYD 2013

Kissing babies was the order of the day and night

Mare Fidei, in front of Copacabana Beach

Pope Francis traveled to the favelas of Rio 

3 million plus people attended the closing mass on
Sunday, July 28th

True Catholic Faith

Massive Flash Mob

Krakow, Poland was selected for WYD 2016

Pope Francis' First Miracle

Pope Francis Updates: Rio WYD & Other Exhortations

Help aides for trip to Rio de Janeiro: Pope gets his WYD kit: Do not close off God to others: Reduce number of Italian dioceses:

Pope Francis' Rio Travel Schedule

Via Vatican Insider:

On the afternoon of 22 July, the Pope will receive an official welcome at the Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport; at 17:00 there will be a Papal Welcoming Ceremony at the garden of the Palácio Guanabara, where the Pope will give his first speech. Then the reception protocol will be made by President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff. During his stay in Brazil, Francis will be staying at the Residência do Sumaré (Sumaré Residence).

On Wednesday 24 July, the Pope will leave the Sumaré Residence by helicopter and visit the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, where he is expected to venerate an image of Mary in the hall of the Twelve Apostles; a Mass will then be celebrated in the Shrine’s basilica, with a homily by Francis; in the late afternoon the Pope will visit the São Francisco da Tijuca Hospital, where he will give a speech.

On Thursday 25 July he will celebrate a private Mass inside his residence, as he does in the Vatican; Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes will hand over the keys of the city to the Holy Father and there will be a short meeting with representatives of the sporting world, with the Blessing of the Olympic flags; at 11:00 he will visit the Varginha slum in Rio de Janeiro’s Northern Zone, 33 years after Blessed John Paul II visited a slum in another area of the city. The Varginha community was recently pacified by the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro. In the late afternoon the Pope will participate in a Welcoming Ceremony at Copacabana, where he will give another speech.

On Friday 26 July the Holy Father will hear the confessions of four young people in the Quinta da Boa Vista retirement home, after a private Mass; he will then hold a brief meeting with some young inmates at the Archbishop's Palace St. Joachim; noon, the Pope will pray the Angelus from the central balcony of the palace; at 13:00 the will eat the traditional WYD “lunch with young people from all continents” and at 18:00 he will hold the Via Crucis with the youth.

On Saturday 27 July the Pope will celebrate Mass with bishops, priests, religious and seminarians, in the Catedral São Sebastião (St. Sebastian Cathedral); at 11:30 he will give a speech to Brazil’s leaders in the Teatro Municipal (Municipal Theater); in the evening he will attend a prayer vigil with young people in the Campus Fidei in Guaratiba, where the Pope will give a speech.

On Sunday 28 July at 10 :00, the Pope will celebrate Mass at Campus Fidei, where he will recite the Angelus Domini ; in the afternoon he will meet the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) at the Centro de Estudos do Sumaré in Rio and then with volunteers of the 28th WYD ; finally, at 18 :30, there will be a farewell ceremony at the Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, where Francis will give his concluding speech ; at 19 :00 the Pope will depart Brazil by plane and is expected to arrive in Rome at 11 :30 on 29 July.

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Satisfation In Rio

Pope In Rio-World Youth Day 2013

The ever famous and ubiquitous Corcovado statue overlooking Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 

"Pride" in Sao Paulo

'Faith Through Reason'-Benedetto XVI

Brown Sugar....Live in Rio

A Defiant Micheletti

The constitutional President of the Honduran republic, Roberto Micheletti Bain, responding to the heinous fact that the socialist government of Brazil, led by Lula da Silva, has committed an act of aggression by being a conspirator and party to the illegal housing of the international fugitive and traitor, Mel Zelaya Rosales, at their embassy in Tegucigalpa.

Rough Translation by me:

Law and order will be maintained, as there are no reports of violence at this present moment and that is how our beloved Honduras will remain.

I call upon our citizens to remain calm as the presence of Mr. Zelaya in our country does not change our reality.

This past 28th of June, Mr. Zelaya was removed from his office, legally, by a decision of the Supreme Court of Honduras, the National Congress of our country.

As stipulated in Article 30 of our constitution, Mr. Zelaya accepts his duty to return and present himself to the authorities in order to face the charges against him for repeated violations of the laws of Honduras.

It is not clear why Mr. Zelaya has returned to Honduras, only he knows. But I can only arrive at the conclusion that he trying to impede the celebration of our upcoming elections on the 29th of November, as he and his followers have been doing in the last weeks.

However, his presence in the country does not alter the commitment of all Hondurans to the electoral process which commenced close to a year ago during his (Zelaya’s) own term.

It will culminate with the elections of the 29th of November.

The government has until today respected the representation of the government of Brazil in Honduras even though Brazil has not shown the courtesy of recognizing the constitutional government of Honduras.

I ask the government of Brazil to respect the judicial order emitted against Mr. Zelaya and turn him over to the proper authorities. The state of Honduras is committed to respect the constitutional rights of Mr. Zelaya within that judicial process.

They eyes of the world are on top of Brazil and Honduras.

Let us not permit that the actions or passions of a few to tarnish the image of our people.

This problem which has arisen for Honduras is of an internal nature and should be addressed and resolved internally utilizing Honduran processes.

This is not a matter which concerns international security or peace.

Confident in our inherent right to do so, we will defend our representative democracy, our sovereignty and auto determination…all together, government, nation, civil society, police forces, armed forces and all the people of Honduras.

Hondurans (men and women) have confidence and faith in your government; we are here ready and willing to defend you all.

God Bless Honduras

Long Live Honduras

Good Afternoon

Pope Honors Birthplace of St. Bonaventure

Pope Benedict XVI, accompanied by Mons. Lorenzo Chiarinelli, Bishop of Viterbo, prays during a visit at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Bagnoregio near Viterbo on September 6, 2009. (Daylife-Getty Images)

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Disney & Nixon, BRAZIL UPDATE

Hat Tip: Jonathan Movroydis-The New Nixon

Two hard core patriots, Richard Milhous Nixon and Walt Disney!

Update 1:

Also, read about Pres. Nixon and Brazil-Chile Cold War politics:

El presidente estadounidense Richard Nixon y el dictador brasileño Emilio Garrastazu Médici discutieron en diciembre de 1971 cómo cooperar para derribar al mandatario chileno Salvador Allende, según papeles oficiales de la Casa Blanca desclasificados y publicados este lunes.

Nixon le preguntó a Garrastazu Médici, en un encuentro en la Casa Blanca el 9 de diciembre de 1971, si los militares chilenos eran capaces de derribar a Allende.

Garrastazu Médici le replicó que en su opinión sí lo eran y "dejó claro que Brasil estaba trabajando con ese objetivo", añadió el memorándum, que fue desclasificado en julio, como obliga una ley de documentos oficiales estadounidense.

Nixon dio su beneplácito a esa presunta desestabilización política brasileña en Chile, donde Allende hacía poco más de un año que había accedido al poder.

El golpe de Estado liderado por el general Augusto Pinochet se produjo casi dos años después, el 11 de septiembre de 1973.

"El presidente (Nixon) dijo que era muy importante que Brasil y Estados Unidos trabajaran estrechamente en ese campo", añade el memorándum top secret, publicado por la organización no gubernamental National Secret Archives (NSA).

Nixon le pidió a Garrastazu Médici, general presidente de la junta militar brasileña desde 1969, que le dijera en qué podía ayudarlo.

"Si hacía falta dinero u otra ayuda discreta, quizás podríamos ponerla a su disposición", añadió Nixon, citado en el memorándum.

Estados Unidos y Brasil, dijo Nixon a su invitado brasileño, "deben intentar y prevenir nuevos Allendes y Castros y evitar donde sea posible invertir esas tendencias".

Brasil, como país sudamericano, "podía hacer muchas cosas que Estados Unidos no podía" en la región, comentó Nixon durante el encuentro.

El golpe pinochetista contra Allende puso fin al primer gobierno de inspiración marxista surgido de las urnas en América Latina, y dio paso a una dictadura que causó oficialmente más de 3.000 víctimas, entre ejecutados y desaparecidos (1973-1990).

Garrastazu Médici le pidió también al presidente estadounidense si Brasil debía apoyar a los exiliados cubanos en ese país.

"Deberíamos (hacerlo), siempre y cuando no los empujemos a hacer algo que no podamos apoyar, y siempre y cuando nuestra mano no aparezca" detrás, respondió Nixon.

Ambos analizaron también cómo desestabilizar al presidente y general peruano Velasco Alvarado, de corte populista, presuntamente con la publicación de que tenía un hijo ilegítimo.

Nixon valoraba tan estrechamente la relación con la junta militar brasileña que hasta propuso un "canal directo" de comunicación con Garrastazu Médici, fuera de la diplomacia habitual.

El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores brasileño en la época, Gibson Barbosa, fue nombrado como representante especial de Garrastazu Médici, mientras que Nixon le encargó la tarea a su consejero de Seguridad Nacional (luego secretario de Estado) Henry Kissinger.

Esas comunicaciones secretas entre Nixon y el dictador brasileño permanecen clasificadas, según NSA, especializada en buscar y publicar los documentos top secret del gobierno estadounidense durante la Guerra Fría.

"Los archivos sobre Brasil son el eslabón perdido" en la amplia documentación que atestigua la intervención extranjera en el Cono Sur durante aquellos años, explicó Peter Kornbluh, investigador del NSA especializado en Chile y Brasil.

Kornbluh pidió al presidente Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva que desclasifique a su vez la documentación de la época de la dictadura militar en su país.

"La historia completa de la intervención en América del Sur en los años 1970 no puede ser explicada sin acceso a los documentos brasileños", añadió.

"Miss You" from Rio

H/T: Midnight Rider-IBA