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Brazilian cardinal orders a popular Catholic priest to go offline following right-wing attacks
Father Júlio Lancellotti, with 2.3 million Instagram followers, was suspended after criticism from right-wing politicians accusing him of leftist activism, church calls matter internal.
- On Tuesday, São Paulo Archbishop Cardinal Odilo Scherer ordered Father Júlio Lancellotti to stop broadcasting services and avoid social media, which Lancellotti received `in a spirit of obedience and resilience`.
- Right-Wing critics and allied councilors pressed political attacks, with city councilors allied with former President Jair Bolsonaro seeking investigations into Father Júlio Lancellotti’s work.
- Father Júlio Lancellotti, 76, is nationally renowned with a large online following and has performed outreach in São Paulo's Mooca district for almost 40 years, regularly broadcasting Sunday morning services.
- Later on Tuesday, more than 40 Brazilian organizations that work for homeless people sent a letter asking Cardinal Odilo Scherer to reconsider and will send representatives to next Sunday service.
- Framing the dispute as internal, the São Paulo archdiocese said issues with Father Júlio Lancellotti are church concerns, while he defends his outreach as `pastoral action` amid tensions since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Brazilian cardinal orders a popular Catholic priest to go offline following right-wing attacks
A renowned Brazilian Catholic priest has been ordered by Sao Paulo’s archbishop to stop broadcasting his services and avoid social media.
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A renowned Brazilian Catholic priest confirmed on Tuesday that the Archbishop of Sao Paulo ordered him to stop broadcasting his Masses and completely avoid social networks after being attacked by right-wing figures, who denounce his actions as leftists.
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