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 exploited.”

Aug 14, 2017 · Ten years after the Fifth General Conference of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAM) that took place in Aparecida, Brazil, between May 11 and May 31, …

Jul 24, 2013 · It can truly be said that the Aparecida Document was born of this interplay between the labours of the Bishops and the simple faith of the pilgrims, under Mary’s maternal …

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 …

Oct 30, 2013 · Here I want to explore one particular aspect of Pope Francis’ biography: his relationship with the Fifth Latin American Episcopal Conference held in May 2007 in …

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 …

Feb 20, 2020 · The synod, which — perhaps unwittingly — had left Aparecida for burial, is here thwarted in its abandonment of the missionary discipleship that is at the heart of the pontificate …

Oct 12, 2023 · Pope Francis went on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Aparecida in July 2013 during World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro. After praying at the feet of the Madonna, he said “I had the …

With Francis’ rise to the Papacy, the first Latin American and postconciliar bishop of Rome (the first elected pope not to have participated in the II Vatican Council), there has been an …

Oct 11, 2019 · When in Evangelii Gaudium (2013), Pope Francis asked that all of the Church’s activities — from parish schedules to budgets to sacramental preparation to the corporal works …