BENEDICT XVI: TRIP TO BRAZIL, "PROOF OF A NEW FORM OF DEVELOPMENT"

Brazil is also a country that can offer to the world the proof of a new form of development". This is the belief of the Pope, who also thinks "Christian culture can operate a ‘reconciliation’ between men and the Creation, starting from the recovery of the personal dignity in the relation with God as the Father". As an example, Benedict XVI mentioned the "Fazenda da Esperança", a "network of rehabilitation centres for young people who want to break their drug habit". In the one I visited, which made on me a deep impression of which I retain a lively memory in my heart, the presence of a monastery of Poor Clare nuns is significant", highlighted the Holy Father, who defined such example as "emblematic for today’s world, which certainly needs a psychological and social ‘rehabilitation’, but even more a deeply spiritual one". As well as "emblematic" was the canonisation, "celebrated in joy", of the first saint born in the country: Fra Antonio di Sant’Anna Galvão. "This Franciscan priest of the XVIII century, a profound devotee of the Virgin, the apostle of the Eucharist and Confession, was called, while still alive, "a men of peace and love", said the Pope, according to whom "his testimony is one further confirmation that holiness is the true revolution, which can promote a veritable reform of the Church and society".