The Holy Father has a special devotion to this saint, patron of the Argentine clergy. In a letter in 2013, Francisco wrote: “The priest Brochero has the actuality of the Gospel, he is a pioneer in going out to geographical and existential peripheries to bring all the love, the mercy of God.”
“He did not stay in the parochial office, he worried about the mule and ended up getting sick of leprosy, forcefully going out to look for people, like a street priest of faith,” said the Holy Father on that occasion.
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Next to his party, here a novena in his honor for all his devotees:
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