Wednesday, May 22, 2019
President Bolsonaro Consecrates Brazil to Sacred Heart
At this very moment, in Brasilia,
the consecration of the largest Latin American country to the Immaculate
Heart of Mary is taking place.
(Brasilia) Brazil is having a great day today. [Yesterday] But that is
not the case everywhere. If not in the Apostolic Palace, at least in
Santa Marta, the Vatican has other concerns: universal brotherhood,
climate change, a right to unlimited migration, and more recently,
rejection of the sovereignty movement. This does not only apply to the
US and, because of the upcoming elections, above all the EU, but also
Brazil. There today President Bolsonaro consecrates his country to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary. But the Episcopal Conference and Santa Marta
signaled lack of interest and the official Catholic media keep the
consecration under wraps.
Pope Francis would have liked to continue to see the Labor Party (PT) in
power in Brazil, but it failed because of its own corruption. Jair
Bolsonaro was elected as the new Head of State and Government last
autumn. His coalition consists of several decidedly Christian parties,
some of them are evangelicals. He is a Catholic, but married to a
free-church member. In Brazil, it may therefore happen that the Head of
State and Government quoted a Bible verse on Twitter. This morning
President Bolsonaro welcomed the Brazilians with the tweet:
"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:32. This message is always ahead of our mission. Good morning everyone!
This Twitter message is related to the particularity of today. Today, at
7 pm Central European Time, the consecration of Brazil to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary took place in the federal capital Brasilia. It
took place not only in the presence of President Bolsonaro, but directly
in the Presidential Palace. President Bolsonaro gave the act of
consecration the mark of highest state authority by his signature.
The consecration is, regrettably, not an act of the Brazilian Bishops'
Conference, but goes back to the initiative of the Catholic laity. The
consecration was performed by Don Fernando Areas Rifan, the Apostolic
Administrator of the Apostolic Personal Administration of St. John Maria
Vianney. The Apostolic Personnel Administration, which is the world's
only de facto diocese in the traditional rite.
The driving force of the consecration are the Marian Congregation and
other Catholic organizations, as well as the Frente Parlamentario
Catolico, in which Catholic federal MPs have joined forces.
Initiative by two members of parliament
The idea itself comes from the two deputies Chris Tonietto and Eros
Biondini. They emphasized that the consecration was also and precisely a
state act, with which the whole country was consecrated to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The veterinarian Biondini, who also studied political science at the
Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, became famous in Brazil
for the country's largest Catholic music event, which he launched and
organized. The now 48-year-old moderated a few years a music program of
the Catholic TV channel TV Canção Nova. In 2006 he was elected
deputy of his native country Minas Gerais. Since 2010 he has been a
member of the Brazilian Federal Parliament. The main focuses of his
parliamentary work include the political renewal of Brazil, the
resistance against attempts to make the hypothesis of allegedly
human-induced climate change, or the idea of "controlling the
climate,” the basis of politics, instead he wants to focus on the
strengthening of the family and the protection of unborn children. In
2017, he voted in favor of the law criminalizing the killing of unborn
children.
Christine "Chris" Nogueira do Reis Tonietto is a lawyer and member of
the Catholic Cultural Center Don Bosco. She became known in 2017 for her
initiative against insulting the Catholic Church and the Catholic faith
in the Brazilian YouTube comedy Port dos Fundos. In the
parliamentary elections in October 2018, she was elected a member of the
Federal Parliament. Her broadcasts and Twitter messages ended her
mostly with "Viva Cristo Rei!" (High live Christ king).
Tonietto wrote on Twitter today:
"We will be there with the entire group of Catholic MPs to which I belong. We express our deepest support and pray to God to bless our beloved Brazil, the land of the Holy Cross!”
When the governor of Alabama signed the Abortion Abolition Act, Tonietto wrote on Twitter on May 16:
"A big day for the right to life."
On May 17, she was able to further spread the message of the next strengthening of the right to life of unborn children:
"With a 66-vote lead, the Missouri State legislature voted for several abortion laws that severely curtail this shameful practice in this state."
Tonietto supports the initiative of President Bolsonaro, who recommends
the "anti-communist catechism" of the Steyler Missionary and Archbishop
of Diamantina, Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, who died in 1999, to those who
say they are Catholic but defend communism. During the Second Vatican
Council, Archbishop Sigaud belonged to Coetus Internationalis Patrum and was considered in Brazil as the fiercest opponent of Helder Camara, the archbishop of Olinda and Recife.
Cool disposotion taken by Episcopal Conference and Santa Marta
The Brazilian Bishops' Conference, which has long been inspired by the
liberation theology, behaves coldly towards the new head of state,
especially since Pope Francis clearly expressed his sympathies (and
antipathies). They are silent on the Consecration to Mary. Nothing can
be heard from Rome of the cordiality with which Francis thought of the
two former Presidents Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff of
the Labor Party. Lula da Silva, sentenced to twelve years in prison for
corruption, even received a statement of solidarity in prison from the
pope.
Instead of looking forward to having Catholic interlocutors among the
deputies, the Episcopal Conference and Santa Marta refer to allied
journalists of the Pinprick Initiative. The discussion was, openly or
suggestively, about “political abuse" of religion.
Because the President of the Republic dedicates his land to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary? Because Catholic MPs had the idea for this
consecration and put it into action?
The politicization of the Church leads to worrying dead ends, is how
episcopal reactions to the consecration of Brazil to Mary go.
Nevertheless, the consecration is a great day for Brazil.
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