Overview

• About 150,000 people attended Sunday’s celebrations at the National Shrine in Aparecida, with seven packed Masses led by Cardinal Dom Orlando Brandes.
• The archbishop urged elected officials to vote for laws favoring the poor and called for reducing poverty and social inequality, drawing strong applause.
• Belém’s 233rd Círio de Nazaré procession covered 3.6 km in roughly six hours and was reported to gather around 2.5 million participants, led by Dom Alberto Taveira.
• The Polícia Militar recorded an attempted stabbing during the Círio procession, while authorities managed large flows with measures such as child ID wristbands and crowd controls.
• Tourism and traffic data underscored the scale of the day: CIET estimated about 450,000 visitors in Aparecida over the Oct. 3–12 novena, and the PRF counted more than 39,000 walkers on the Dutra, alongside regional river and road pilgrimages in several cities.