Father Julio Lancellotti took part in a demonstration in which anti-Israel symbols were visible, including pro-Hamas flags and a banner in which a Star of David was combined with a swastika.
The problems Catholics may identify in the Brazilian Church tend to be more connected to pastoral perspectives at this point and not so much with doctrinal issues.
“Lula’s agenda includes the poor and the Indigenous peoples, but we cannot make the same mistakes we made in the past and think that we will receive what we need from the government without fighting,” said Bishop José Ionilton de Oliveira.
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