Eros Biondini filed an “praise and rejoicing” request, which needs to pass the plenary; Right defends religious in networks
The federal deputy (PL-MG) proposed this Monday (10.mar.2025) honor Frei Gilson, a religious that gained notoriety by gathering millions of faithful in prayers broadcast live by social networks from 4am.
In recent days, the news about the live With a millionaire audience they brought some comments on social networks. Internet users said he was a scholarship and sponsored by the producer . The priest received support from right figures, among them the former president (PL) and the federal deputy (PL-MG).
Biodini presented a request for “Praise and Rejoicing” (Ice A -127 KB -PDF)which still needs to be analyzed by the House Plenary. The congressman stated that Friar Gilson uses “Music, preaching and spiritual orientation as instruments for the spread of Christian values”.
The deputy said that the priest’s work “It is not limited to the religious environment” and reinforces the “Importance of religiosity in the construction of a fairer and more fraternal society”.
Who is Friar Gilson
Gilson is 38 years old. It is a Catholic priest and Brazilian singer. At the age of 18, he joined the Carmelite Messenger Congregation of Espírito Santo and was ordained a priest in 2013. He acts in the Parish of Our Lady of Carmo, in the diocese of Santo Amaro, São Paulo.
O of the religious has 7.3 million followers. Many of the posts are to publicize live broadcasts. According to Friar, the idea of doing the programs started during the covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
Users rescued an excerpt from a live held in July 2021 in Brasilia, overlooking the Esplanade of Ministries. Friar Gilson participates with a colleague. The stretch that viralized was composed of the following lines:
- Friar Gilson – “Do not allow, Lady and Queen of Nazareth, that the errors of Russia will plague Brazil as Our Lady said in Fatima”;
- co-worker – “Deliver us, Mother of God and ours, from the scourge of communism”.
Watch (31s):
Just before the elections, Friar Gilson and his little friend made a “Live Patriota”, directly from Brasilia, calling the population to a kind of “spiritual war” to free Brazil from communism. It’s good for you or it is clear that they are using religion…
– Vinicios Betiol (@vinicios_beciol)
At the same event, Gilson also said: “Do not allow, Our Lady of Nazareth, that the Brazilian family is degraded”. .
