Right after Pell’s death, it was revealed that the cardinal was the author of a memo that lamented the current papacy as a “disaster” and a “catastrophe.”
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called it “a callous and cowardly act carried out by a barbaric regime with no respect for the human rights of their own people.”
Bolsonaro’s lawyer said the former president “vehemently repudiates the acts of vandalism and destruction” from Jan. 8, and blamed supposed “infiltrators” of the protest.
The meeting comes amid concerns about provocative Chinese and North Korean military actions. The administrations will also seal an agreement on U.S.-Japanese cooperation in space.
The march organized by trade unions and leftist groups, took place without incident. The clashes that started in early December are the worst outbreak of violence in over 20 years.
Rare earths now reach into the lives of almost everyone on the planet, in everything from hard drives to elevators and trains, and are especially vital to the fast-growing field of green energy.