Dom Sergio da Rocha stated in an interview on Friday (9) with the other Brazilian cardinals who participated in the conclave that Pope Leo XIV brings Latin America in the heart and showed great affection for Brazil.
“We have a Pope who was a Latin American bishop. No doubt his American origin has been emphasized, but we must not forget that his episcopal performance, as a bishop, was in Peru, Latin America. He is someone who brings Latin America himself,” said Dom Sergio.
The Brazilian cardinal stressed that he lived with Leo XIV in the dickerbean of the bishops and remembered the “simple, fraternal, welcoming, always very attentive way”.
“[Leão XIV] He was a pastor sensitive to the needs of our people, very united with Pope Francis and, I think, in tune with the walk of the church in Latin America, ”he added.
At another point, Dom Sergio assessed that the new pontiff knows the reality of the Catholic Church in the world very well and that it is “missionary at a time when the church wants to be increasingly missionary.”
Finally, he said that the Pope was that the Pope President a Mass at the Senhor do Bonfim Sanctuary in Salvado when he visited Brazil this year.
This content was originally published in Papa Leo XIV showed great affection for Brazil, says Dom Sergio da Rocha on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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