20 Facts About Marcelo Rossi

Marcelo Mendonca Rossi was born on 20 May 1967 and is a Brazilian Catholic priest known for his novel approaches to ministering to the faithful.

Marcelo Rossi is a writer and a singer, and he uses music intensely in his Masses.

Marcelo Rossi has recorded music CDs, hosts radio and TV programs, and has appeared as an actor in two movies with religious themes.

All of these endeavors have been big hits in the media, but Father Rossi donates all the proceeds to Catholic charities and his own parish.

Father Marcelo Rossi is based in Sao Paulo city where he was born into a Roman Catholic middle-class family and was raised in the neighborhood of Santana together with his two sisters Monica and Marta.

Marcelo Rossi began to take part in parish activities and a year later, inspired by a TV miniseries on the life of Pope John Paul II, decided to devote himself to priesthood.

Marcelo Rossi completed two university degrees: Philosophy at the Universidade Nossa Senhora da Assuncao, and Theology at the Faculdade Salesiana de Lorena.

Marcelo Rossi began an intensive and enthusiastic work of preaching the Gospel, winning over the faithful who attended his Masses in the Parish of Perpetuo Socorro e Santa Rosalia, in Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo.

Marcelo Rossi has become by far the biggest Christian artistic phenomenon in Latin America with over 11 million albums sold throughout his entire career.

Marcelo Rossi is known for his choreographies of Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement, and the publication of works.

Marcelo Rossi has recorded nine albums since 1998, regularly appears on TV shows, has his radio program with more than 100,000 listeners across the country and his church services out in the open attract thousands of faithful believers.

Marcelo Rossi takes part in the Life Network every Saturday at 15 hours Mass Sanctuary Mother of God, which features the Byzantine Rosary program.

Marcelo Rossi preaches at the Santuario do Terco Bizantino to huge and enthusiastic crowds, and has promoted the use of the so-called Byzantine rosary for praying.

Father Marcelo Rossi is popular among Catholic charismatics and has played a significant role across the Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement in the Brazilian Catholic Church which happens to have the largest number of faithful believers in the world, although a significant number of followers have been lost to the protestant evangelical churches over the last decades.

In 2002 the press reported that on 10 November 2002 Father Marcelo Rossi asked the presenter Gugu Liberato to remove comedian Jorge Lafond from the stage, so that he could go on to sing.

Some media reported that Lafond was removed from the stage following a demand from Father Marcelo Rossi, who was due to sing in the show in the next few minutes.

On May 13,2019, Marcelo Rossi was again accused of plagiarism, but in reference to the novel Agape.

The police carried out an investigation and concluded that the accusation was false and that Father Marcelo Rossi was the victim of fraud.

The police said that the incident was made by Cancao Nova because Father Marcelo Rossi decided not to register the assault.

Marcelo Rossi's companions told the police that she suffers from mental disorders.