In 1533 he was allowed to accompany Dom Martinho de Portugal to Rome on an embassy to Pope Clement VII, to whom Father Álvares delivered the letter Lebna Dengel had written to the Pope.
En 1533 foille permitido acompañar a Martinho de Portugal a Roma nunha embaixada ao papa Clemente VII, a quen o padre Álvares entregou a carta que Lebna Dengel escribira ao papa.