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Pope’s Rio Trip to Include a Stop at One of Poorest Favelas
ope Francis’ program during the 2013 Rio World Youth Day reportedly will include a visit to Manguinhos, where it is to be supposed the Holy Father will pass.” She added that during his stay in Rio the Pope will also inaugurate a wing of Saint Francis Hospital, in the Tijuca neighborhood, for treatment of drug addicts. “It is a joy and a responsibility to show how much the Church is alive and working silently in the communities, so that we can fulfill the mission that the Lord entrusted to us,” said the local parish priest, Father Marcio Queiroz, in statements published on the WYD Web page. He pointed out that the community will show the Pope the reality: “It makes no sense to create some sort of makeup. The simplicity you are seeing is the one we are going to show him. This is the face of this parish.” The archbishop of Rio said that the most important thing will be the social legacy that will remain for the people. The process of selection of the community was complex, explained Archbishop Tempesta. The ministry team of the favelas presented a list of more than 750 parishes. Then the local WYD organizing committee, the government of Rio and the Vatican looked for a place that is at peace, which was not visited by John Paul II. “It would be very good if the Pope could go to all the favelas. What is being done awakens in people the desire to improve their life,” the prelate said. The pacified favelas are the ones where drug trafficking has been contained, with a heavy intervention of the Brazilian army and police, which included tanks. Today the police’s “pacification units” patrol 13 favelas some of which were impenetrable, and they are part of a national security plan. The chapel of Saint Jerome Emilian stemmed from a desire of the Somaschi Fathers to evangelize a needy community, from the social and spir ?GV????B?bf?Wr?F?R&?W7G2?bF?R?&FW"?b6??B?W&??RV???'&?fVBg&???F????76???F?'V??B??W6R?bF?R?&FW"?*76??rF?&?Vv?F?Rf&v???ffV?F?W?f?V?BFW6?&Rf?"v?B???G2GvV??W'2?F?W?F???'B??F?R?76W2?b??F?W"6???V??G??6??BF??V???6???6FVB????wV????2??Bv2F?V?F?BF?R6??666??fF?W'2'V??BF?R6?W&6??v??6?v2??VwW&FVB???s?v?F?F?R&W6V?6R?bF?RF?V?&6?&?6???b&??FR??V?&??fF?W"WVvV???6??W2????W"f?6?BF?'&??????s"???F?W"FW&W6v?VBF?&?Vv?F?R7G&VWG2?bF?R6???V??G??Bf?6?FVB6??R??W6W2?gFW"F?B?F?R6???V??G??V?VB76R6?F?BF?R?76???&?W2?b6?&?G?6?V?B6''??WBF?V?"v?&?2?7V6?2F?R6FV6?W6?2?b6???G&V??Bf?6?G2F?f??W2?*?T??@??F?R&?6??bf&v??????6FVB??F?RffV??b??wV????2???R?bF?R??&W7B?b&???v???RF?W&RF?R???fF?W"v????VB&?W"??F?R&?6??b6??B?W&??RV????v?W&R?Rv???&?W72F?R?Wr?F"?*?Rv????6?7V?B6??RF??RF???rv?F?F?R?VFW'2?bF?R6???V??G??B?G2???&?F?G2??Rv???v???7G&VWB?bf&v???F?6?66W"f?V?Bv?W&RF?W&Rv???&R7FvRg&??v??6??Rv???FG&W72fWrv?&G2F?F?R6?V?GvV??W'2?F?W&Rv?????B&R??7V6??6V7W&?G?fV?6W2??B?bF?R?R6?v?6?W2??Rv???&R&?RF?v???F?6??R?bF?R???W2?*F?Rf?6?B?2???VBf?"?V?#R??F?R??&???r?F??2v2?FR???v???6GW&F??????'?&6?&?6???&????:6?FV?W7F?b&??FR??V?&??v??&W6?FVB?fW"?72BF?R&?6?F?W&R?*( ?v???R??<:?6&??26?v27G&VWB?v?W&RF?R?Rv???v???2G&?6f?&?VB??F?( ?&VB6'WB?( ?v?F??Wr7??B?BG&??2?F?R?V?v?&?&??rffV?2v?Bw&6Rg&??F?RV&?2?vW"?( ?7FFW2??6??Ww7W"v?F?F?R?VF??R( ??&6?R?bF?R?R????wV????2?( ?*??:?26??'L:???F?&V7F?"?bF?Ru?B??FW&?F????&W72?F??B?T??BF?B( ?F?R7G&VWB??v??6?F?R?Rv???v??2?WBF?&R6??f?&?VB?vR?fV?( ?B?77VVB??6???V??\:???F??2&W7V7B?'WB?B?2G'VRF?BF?W??fR?&VG?&VwV?v?&??????D?R4TTB?d??#R????r?TŒ#0???