Pope Francis raised his prayers for the two deceased and the dozens of injured and their families, after the roof of the Mariano de Nossa Senhora da Conceição sanctuary in Recife, Brazil, fell.
“I also pray for the victims of the accident at the Nossa Senhora da Conceição sanctuary, in the city of Recife, Brazil. May the Risen Lord console the wounded and their families,” said the Holy Father after praying the Angelus this Sunday in the Vatican.
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After the accident, which occurred on August 30 while food was being distributed, the Archbishopric of Olinda and Recife published a note of regret in which Archbishop Paulo Jackson expressed his “deep sadness” for the tragic event in the so-called Morro da Conceição.
In his note, as he points out ACI Digital – EWTN Portuguese agency – the prelate extends his condolences and specifies that the archdiocese “offers all necessary help to the victims and their families, seeking to give them relief and hope in the midst of pain.”
“May Nossa Senhora da Conceição, our patron saint, intercede for all, granting comfort and strength in this moment of intense sadness,” the note concludes.
The Nossa Senhora da Consolação Parish – Order of Augustinian Recollects – through this note expresses its solidarity and prayer to the families of the victims of the incident that occurred on the afternoon of this day, August 30, 2024, at the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Recife (PE) pic.twitter.com/CkzrhjxYEu
— Paróquia Consolação (@Maedaconsolacao) August 30, 2024
Suffrage mass for the deceased in the church in Recife
The Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife also reported that on Saturday, August 31, a large number of faithful participated in the suffrage Mass “for the souls of Antônio and Conceição, who died in the fall of the roof of the Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Conceição.”
“A provisional structure was placed in front of the sanctuary to host the Mass. “Archbishop Paulo Jackson presided over the Eucharist that was concelebrated by the rector of the sanctuary, Father Emerson Borges, and other priests of the Archdiocese,” the archbishopric reported.
At Mass “The governor (of the state) of Pernambuco and the prefect of Recife also participated,” with around more than 400 attendees in total.
Walter Sanchez Silva
I have been a husband since 2008. My wife and I have three children here and one who went to heaven in 2023, before he was born. Since I joined ACI Prensa in 2005, I have had the opportunity to cover various events of the Catholic Church. Among them, the World Youth Days in Cologne, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro and the apostolic trips of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and of Pope Francis to South Korea. I have been sent to the Vatican to cover the Family synods, in 2015; of the Amazon, in 2019 and that of Synodality, in 2023. I closely follow the situation of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, which suffers persecution from the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, as well as current ecclesiastical events in the region.