It looks like an airport hangar and it sounds like a rock concert. Thousands have packed into a megachurch on the periphery of Sao Paulo for one of Father Marcelo Rossi’s Thursday night masses. Singing priest, Father Marcelo, 46, was a personal trainer before he joined the clergy. Now he is at the forefront of Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Father Marcelo Rossi’
Rock-star priest draws thousands in Brazil
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
As Brazil prepares to host World Youth Day next July, a rock-star priest has opened one of the world’s biggest worship spaces in Sao Paulo, where his inaugural Mass drew a congregation of more than 50,000. Father Marcelo Rossi, a nationally known singer, TV host and actor, is campaigning to stem the exodus of the Read more