Washington state high school wrestler Kallie Keeler. Photo: ADF

Brazil’s Election Turns Our Lady of Aparecida Into the Center of a Battle

The religious dimension of the campaign is not accidental. Brazil remains a country in which Catholic and evangelical identities carry substantial political weight, although the two candidates draw support from different religious constituencies. The election has therefore encouraged both campaigns to speak to voters whose political choices are intertwined, in different ways, with their religious convictions.