{"id":2636,"date":"2007-03-10T12:16:10","date_gmt":"2007-03-10T12:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/03\/while-in-brazil.html"},"modified":"2007-03-10T12:16:10","modified_gmt":"2007-03-10T12:16:10","slug":"while-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/03\/while-in-brazil.html","title":{"rendered":"While in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

….one of the places Benedict will visit in Brazil, via Aid to the Church in Need:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Some 2 000 former drug addicts are now preparing to receive Pope Benedict XVI in the men\u00b4s centre of Pedrinhas, close to Guaratingueta. The Pope’s visit is scheduled May 12, 2007, a day before the V <\/strong>General Conference of the Latin American Bishops\u2019 Council (CELAM) is due to begin in Aparecida. So far not only Brazilians have been cured. The \u201cFazenda da Esperan\u00e7a\u201d, a Franciscan model of healing exists in more than eight countries worldwide, among them Paraguay, Argentina and Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ulrich Kny, Latin American expert at Aid to the Church in Need’s headquarters comments:<\/span><\/p>\n

The fact, that the Holy Father shall spend one day of his short stay in Brazil at \u201cFazenda da Esperan\u00e7a\u201d, <\/a>shows the importance of the problem of drugs and how much he appreciates the initiative of Frei Hans Stapel. There is not only a desintoxication, but also the discovery to be loved by God and to make a fresh start. The cured give a vivid testimony of healing by God nowadays, and this way the Gospel finds its continuation. For the preparation of the Pope\u2019s visit a demand has been introduced, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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