Belo promovierte im gleichen Fach kurz darauf, seine Dissertation trägt den Titel "Ficção Literário e Censura Eclesiástica", zu Deutsch „Literarische Fiktion und kirchliche Zensur“. ###>Belo earned a doctorate in the same subject soon afterward, with a thesis entitled "Ficção Literária e Censura Eclesiástica", regarding German literary fiction and religious censorship.