{"id":16253,"date":"2016-07-13T12:28:50","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T12:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=16253"},"modified":"2016-07-13T12:28:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T12:28:50","slug":"brazil-rio-cardinal-celebrates-his-birthday-with-the-homeless-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/07\/13\/brazil-rio-cardinal-celebrates-his-birthday-with-the-homeless-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"BRAZIL &#8211; Rio cardinal celebrates his birthday with the homeless &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cardinal-Orani-Tempesta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16255\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cardinal-Orani-Tempesta.jpg\" alt=\"Cardinal-Orani-Tempesta\" width=\"553\" height=\"567\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>\u00a0<\/h1>\n<h1>Year of Mercy \u2013 Rio cardinal celebrates his birthday with the homeless<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the Year of Mercy, Cardinal Orani Tempesta of Rio de Janeiro wanted to show his personal commitment to the Pope\u2019s initiative. He decided to celebrate his 66th birthday in a special way by spending time with a group of homeless people in his diocese.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as his birthday celebration was over, the cardinal went out at night to the downtown area frequented by homeless people to celebrate his birthday with them.<\/p>\n<p>The Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro reported: \u201cThe cardinal offered gifts, blankets, milk and coffee, and listened to their stories.\u201d By spending time with the homeless, the The cardinal was able \u201cto learn up close about the reality of those who live and sleep on the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The archdiocese said the effort was a witness for the Catholic Church&#8217;s Year of Mercy and a reflection of the fourth corporal work of mercy: to clothe the naked.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Orani Tempesta was born \u00a0on 23 June 23 1950 in the town of S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 de R\u00edo Pardo in the state of S\u00e3o Paulo. 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