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Pope Francis, who died last Monday (21), as a result of a stroke and heart failure, met several acrean personalities during his papal reign.
Viana’s meeting with the Pope took place four months after the election of Pontiff/Photo: Reproduction
The list of members of the Acrean community that are closer to Pope Francis is composed of: Jorge Viana; Dom Moacyr; MASSIMO FATHER; Dom Joaquin Pertiñez; Guida Aquino; Candida Marlúcia; and Sueila Duarte.
Jorge Viana and Dom Moacyr
The former governor of the state of Acre and current president of the Brazilian Export Promotion and Investment Agency (Apex) found Pope Francis about four months after his election, at an event at the Vatican, at Casa Santa Marta, where the topics approached were Faith, injustice, environment, indigenous peoples, Amazon and Chico Mendes.
Father Massimo Lombardi
Father Másimo has lived in Acre for about 50 years, but is from Italy, and was vacationing in the country in 2017, when Pope Francis invited him to attend a mass. At the time the priest was invited to visit the Pope at Casa Santa Marta, where he resided.
MASSIMO FOUND THE POPE DURING HIS VACATION IN 2017/Photo: Reproduction
Dom Joaquim
A group of Brazilian bishops that Dom Joaquin was part made the visit to the Pontiff after the Amazon Synod in 2019, in the Vatican.
Dom Joaquin found the pontiff after the Amazon Synod/Photo: Reproduction
Guida Aquino
The current dean of the Federal University of Acre found Pope Francis during an event of the universities network to care for the Common House in September 2023, which had over 200 educational institutions.
The dean of the Federal University of Acre found the Pope in the midst of a trip to the event with other universities/Photo: Reproduction
Marlúcia Candida
Jorge Viana’s wife, the then first lady had her moment with Pope Francis in 2018, during an event she handed the Pontiff the Chico Mendes de Florestania Award “in Praise”
Jorge Viana’s wife delivered a prize to the Pope/Photo: Reproduction
Sueila Duarte
The woman was a resident of the People’s City in the state capital, but was in Italy working when she found that the place where she was performing her craft would be visited by the Pontiff, so Sueila took the moment to meet Pope Francis.
The Acrean met with the Pope in her workplace/Photo: Reproduction
