Dom Ricardo Hoepers opens Seminário Nacional for Campanha da Fraternidade 2027

Bishop Ricardo Hoepers opened the National Seminar for the 2027 Fraternity Campaign in Brasília, which concluded on September 27. The four-day event gathered pastoral agents and representatives from various dioceses, regional groups, movements, and Church organizations to study the theme "Fraternity and the Care of Children."

The seminar used the biblical motto "Whoever receives a child in my name receives me" to prepare participants to bring a proposal of conversion to families, communities, and Church structures across Brazil. Bishop Hoepers, who serves as an auxiliary bishop of Brasília and secretary-general of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), stated that the Church is assuming a mission to make child care a permanent way of relating to children rather than a series of isolated actions. He urged participants to transform care into a culture.

During the meeting, the bishop presented four dimensions of conversion regarding children: looking, relationships, bonds, and processes. The seminar followed a methodology of seeing, judging, and acting to address the different realities of childhood.