Sep 9, 2017 · Pope Francis just spoke about the document, or the meeting from which it was created, on Thursday in Colombia, saying that “Aparecida is a treasure yet to be fully …

Oct 12, 2024 · Pope Francis has visited the Marian shrine of Aparecida several times, the last of which was in July 2013, after his election, during World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro. After …

Aug 14, 2017 · The fruits of Aparecida – an important, although relatively small, sub-continental Conference – have been extended to the universal Church and well beyond her borders, …

Oct 13, 2017 · During the World Youth Day in Rio, on July 24, 2013, Pope Francis went on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Aparecida. “I had the joy and the grace,” he remembered, of …

Oct 30, 2013 · The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio—the first Latin American pope—will shape the church for many years to come.

Sep 10, 2013 · Few Marian apparitions have made the international news cycle this past year like Our Lady of Aparecida, patron saint of Brazil. The story of the dusky statue of the Immaculate …

In 1904, the statue of Our Lady of Aparecida was crowned by order of Pope St Pius X. In 1930, Pope Pius XI declared Our Lady of Aparecida to be the Patroness of Brazil. Pope St John Paul …

On Wednesday, 24 July 2013, Pope Francis celebrated Holy Mass in the Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Conception of Aparecida. In his homily the Pope spoke of the Fifth General …

Jul 24, 2013 · How much the Aparecida document still matters to Francis is clear from the fact that he's presented a copy to every Latin American head of state he's met since becoming pope.

Jul 13, 2015 · During his Latin American trip, Pope Francis has occasionally mentioned a city in Brazil named Aparecida. In the footnotes of many of his writings, he mentions a document …