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Our Lady Aparecida emerges as key issue in race for Brazil’s presidency

Church in the Americas

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva greets supporters in São Paulo, Brazil, on Sep. 26, 2026. (Credit: Allison Sales/AP.)

Our Lady Aparecida emerges as key issue in race for Brazil’s presidency

Oct 2
Eduardo Campos Lima

The statue of Brazil's patron saint, the Virgin of Aparecida, stands behind glass inside the basilica named after her in the town of Aparecida, Brazil, July 23, 2013. (Credit: Andre Penner/AP.)

What to know about the viral claim about Brazil’s patron saint jolting a tight presidential race

Oct 1
Eléonore Hughes

The Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil, in 2020, before controversial renovations by disgraced Fr. Marko Rupnik. (Credit: Andre Penner/AP.)

Premium article: Why controversy skipped the Rupnik unveiling in Brazil

Sep 28
Eduardo Campos Lima

Premium article: ‘The Church will always believe in peace talks,’ says top Church mediator in Colombia

Sep 15
Eduardo Campos Lima

Premium article: Catholics believe assisted reproduction bill can be defeated in Ecuador

Sep 13
Eduardo Campos Lima

A man prays at a sanctuary dedicated to late Argentine singer Gilda on the 30th anniversary of her death in a bus crash, in Entre Rios, Argentina, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Natacha Pisarenko/AP.)

30 years after her death, Gilda embodies Argentina’s enduring faith in folk saints

Sep 8
Isabel Debre

Aerial photo of damage near Nuestra Señora de la Luz church in Temascalcingo in a village in the municipality of Huejutla, Mexico, on Sep. 6, 2026. (Credit: Ramsés Mercado/AP.)

Explosion of fireworks near church in central Mexico kills at least 10, injures 64

Sep 7
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Premium article: Inside addiction and recovery: A drug rehabilitation center opens in Argentina prison

Sep 6
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Canadian cardinal wins defamation lawsuit over sexual abuse allegations

Sep 1
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Premium article: ‘Their lands are coveted’: Amazon Cardinal decries violence against Indigenous peoples

Aug 30
Eduardo Campos Lima

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Our Lady Aparecida emerges as key issue in race for Brazil’s presidency

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