The Church is big business. His clientele is dying rapidly. I get the feeling that a lot of these social concessions are due to a need to drum up business.
I was in Rio when the dude was around, in fact I got closer than 99% of the people that actually went there to see him, but that's a story for another day, but I was impressed seeing millions of people who seemed genuinely happy and had some purpose for their life.
Say what you want about religion, but providing people with hope and a sense of purpose is a good thing for the general health of a society.
I was in Rio when the dude was around, in fact I got closer than 99% of the people that actually went there to see him, but that's a story for another day, but I was impressed seeing millions of people who seemed genuinely happy and had some purpose for their life.
Say what you want about religion, but providing people with hope and a sense of purpose is a good thing for the general health of a society.