Brazil: Lula da Silva mourns the death of Benedict XVI and recalls his “commitment to the faith”

The elected president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaexpressed this Saturday his “sadness” for the death of Benedict XVI and highlighted the “commitment to the faith” of the late pope emeritus.

LOOK HERE: The funeral of Benedict XVI will be on January 5 in Saint Peter’s Square.

Lula, who will assume the Government of Brazil for the third time this Sunday, recalled that in 2007, as president of the country and in what was his second consecutive term, he received Benedict XVI in Sao Paulo.

The German Pope was in Brazil on that occasion to attend the fifth General Conference of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, and had a meeting with Lula on the sidelines of that event.

“We had the opportunity to talk during his visit to Brazil and also in the Vatican”, where he visited him in 2008, quoted the president-elect, who in a brief message also valued the “commitment to the Christian faith and teachings”. of the pope emeritus, who died this Saturday in the Vatican at the age of 95.

Source: Elcomercio

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