Carlo Ancelotti, the famous Italian coach who led Real Madrid in recent years and who has just been released as technical director of the Brazilian soccer team, received the blessing of a priest at the foot of Christ the Redeemer, one of the seven wonders of the world, located in Rio de Janeiro.
According to one Note from the Sanctuary of Christ Redeemerthe former selector of important teams such as Parma, Juventus, AC Milan, Chelsea, PSG and Bayern de Munich, visited the Christ Redeemer on Saturday, May 31, where he congregated a crowd and received the love of the Brazilians.
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The rector of the Sanctuary of Christ Redeemer, P. Omar Raposo, welcomed Carlo Ancelotti, the first foreigner who directs Brazil, blessed him and gave him a rosary. “When I witnessed his first press conference, I saw that he expressed his desire to see the Redeemer.
“This gives us the certainty that better days are coming for our Brazilian team.
The priest and Ancelotti also talked about the 2024 book entitled Beyond the limits: sport according to Pope Franciswhose prologue is written by the Italian coach.
During his visit, Ancelotti was accompanied by the Executive General Coordinator of the Men’s National Selections of Brazil, Rodrigo Caetano; His technical assistants, Paul Clement and Francesco Mauri, and the performance analyst Simone Montanaro.
New cycle, new stories! 🇧🇷✨
Heavy reception and much expectation at the first meeting of our players with coach Carlo Ancelotti. A new era begins in the Brazilian team, with work, unity and the dream of all Brazilians in the heart! 💛💚🎥 Joilson Marcone /… pic.twitter.com/hDH3OPqhOc
– CBF Futebol (@cbf_futebol) June 2, 2025
This Monday, June 2, Ancelotti began the preparation of the Brazilian team for the matches- by the Conmebol Qualifiers- against Ecuador, on June 5 in Guayaquil; and against Paraguay, on June 10 at the Neo Chemistry Arena, in São Paulo.
Walter Sánchez Silva
I am husband since 2008. With my wife we have three children here and one who went to heaven in 2023, before birth. Since I joined ACI Press in 2005, I have had the opportunity to cover various events of the Catholic Church. Among them, the World Youth Days in Colonia, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro and the apostolic trips of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and Pope Francis to South Korea. I have been sent to the Vatican to cover the family’s synods, in 2015; of the Amazon, in 2019 and that of Sinodality, in 2023. I follow the situation of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, which suffers the persecution of the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, as well as the ecclesial news in the region.