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Priest Defies Order to Stop Social Media Services

12/17/2025

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Júlio Lancellotti, a Brazilian Catholic priest, was ordered by Cardinal Odilo Scherer to stop broadcasting services.
The archbishop also told him to avoid social media after critics labeled him leftist.
More than 40 organizations supporting the homeless urged the archbishop to reconsider.
Lancellotti denies wrongdoing and says his work is a legitimate pastoral action of the archdiocese, amid ongoing opposition since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Júlio Lancellotti, a Brazilian Catholic priest, was ordered by Cardinal Odilo Scherer to stop broadcasting services.
The archbishop also told him to avoid social media after critics labeled him leftist.
More than 40 organizations supporting the homeless urged the archbishop to reconsider.
Lancellotti denies wrongdoing and says his work is a legitimate pastoral action of the archdiocese, amid ongoing opposition since the COVID-19 pandemic.