BRAZIL
Folha
CRISTINA CAMARGO
COLLABORATION FOR FOLHA
After being officially excommunicated by the Vatican, former Brazilian priest Roberto Francisco Daniel, 49, recorded a video in which he “talks” to Pope Francis and questions the punishment ordered by the Catholic Church.
He was excommunicated in April 2013 by the Diocese of Bauru (329 kilometers from São Paulo city) and still awaited confirmation of his punishment by the Holy See, which occurred on November 15, 2014.
Father Beto, as he is known, was punished after recording videos in which he defended same-sex marriage and second marriages for the divorced – he also questioned church dogmas.
In the video recorded after the Vatican’s decision, he asks what he did wrong and questions the punishment.
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