Posted on 05/05/2019 5:31:36 PM PDT by marshmallow
May 1, 2019 (LifeSiteNews.com) — A Brazilian representative elected to the country’s Chamber of Deputies, the lower legislative house, gave an opening speech declaring her commitment as a Catholic to “Christ, the King of the Universe” and ended her opening speech with the cry, “¡Viva Cristo Rey!” (“Long live Christ the King!”).
Christine Nogueira do Reis Tonietto, popularly known as “Chris Tonietto,” is a 27-year-old attorney and a member of the Dom Bosco Center, a movement that seeks to instill Catholics with knowledge of Catholic doctrine and the practice of Catholic piety, particularly the regular reception of the sacraments. She was elected to the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies last year as a member of the conservative Social Liberal Party, which also nominated Brazil’s current president, Jair Bolsonaro.
“I want to consecrate this term of office, our term of office, to Christ, King of the universe, to Our Lady of Aparecida, Patroness of Brazil, the country that was originally named the Land of the Holy Cross,” said Tonietto to her fellow deputies. “I want to reaffirm here my moral commitment in the defense of life from conception, in defense of the family and Christian values, in the fight against abortion, gender ideology, corruption, and crime.”
“I urge the Brazilian youth not to lose hope in our nation. I want to serve my country with all the love, all the ethical and moral commitment, and the vigor that so inspires my Catholic faith. I wish you all an excellent and blessed term of office, and may God bless our actions here in this legislative house. ¡Viva Cristo Rey!”
The cry “Viva Cristo Rey” became popular in Latin America and particularly in Mexico during the 1920s and 1930s during the persecution of Catholics by the Mexican government, following the institution of the Feast......
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And we get muslims in hijabs in our congress...
Ping
And possibly one of the top 2 or 3 Presidents in US history so maybe EVERY now and then we see the cup half full.
I know that doesn’t fly well around here :)
We got, what, 2 in congress?
Just because they have loud mouths and every time they say something stupid we read it here, doesn’t mean there are a hundred in our congress.
Still, we need to crush the immigration of muslims and try to get that one percent of the country down to a half somehow.
Find reasons to deport them.
Teaching Catholicism to Catholics...
Sad.
Here in America he and his family would be receiving death threats.
Good for her. Viva Cristo Rey!
Sounds like what I’ve seen and heard on you tube, coming out of Poland.
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