Overview

• At the Santuário Nacional de Aparecida, Archbishop Dom Orlando Brandes called on elected officials to vote for laws favoring the poor and urged efforts to reduce poverty and social inequalities.
• The morning solemn Mass in Aparecida drew about 35,000 worshippers on site, and state tourism analysts estimated roughly 450,000 visitors across the festival period with weekend peaks near 150,000.
• Alckmin attended the celebration as acting president, while São Paulo’s governor Tarcísio de Freitas and São Paulo city’s mayor Ricardo Nunes did not appear and were represented by state secretary Gilberto Kassab.
• In Belém, Pará’s public security department reported around 1.9 million people at Saturday night’s Trasladação, and G1 reported 2.5 million participants in Sunday’s main Círio procession.
• Local devotions multiplied nationwide, including a four‑kilometer river procession in Laranjal Paulista with about 150 participants, a 15‑kilometer pilgrimage in São José do Rio Preto expected to draw roughly 1,000, and growing use of the safer Rota da Luz route supported by an association seeking better waypoints and signage.