Overview

• In Aparecida, about 150,000 attended the morning solemn Mass, with São Paulo’s tourism intelligence unit estimating roughly 450,000 visitors across the Oct. 3–12 novena.
• In Belém, authorities and media put the Círio de Nazaré crowd between 1.9 million and about 2.5 million for the main procession over a 3.6 km route completed in roughly six hours.
• The Military Police recorded an attempted stabbing during the Círio, as security teams managed crowd pressure, child ID bracelets and first-aid calls.
• At Aparecida, Archbishop Dom Orlando Brandes urged elected officials to vote for laws that favor the poor, a homily witnessed by acting president Geraldo Alckmin.
• Across Brazil, smaller pilgrimages and river processions drew thousands, with heavy traffic, temporary parking closures at the basilica, and local reports of at least three pilgrim deaths during romarias.