South Africans will go to the polls on Nov. 4 in what will be the most important local government elections since the dawn of its democracy.
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Is Lula’s win in Brazil a win for Catholics?
“Among Catholic voters, majority support for Lula was associated with issues such as national sovereignty, defense of the Amazon and social policies.”
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Israel elections: Christian Arab community considers peace, public safety and affordability
Israel’s Arab voters could have a significant role in forming the next government. Arab Christians represent about 1.5 percent of the total vote in Israel.
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Archbishop Gudziak: Ukraine’s only option is to fight on after Trump’s appeasement of Putin
It will be difficult for Ukraine to survive its war with Russia without U.S. support, but Ukrainians are determined to carry on with or without help from the Trump administration.
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Attacks on journalist and diplomats highlight suffering of West Bank Christians
International outrage followed acts of violence and intimidation against delegates from Poland, Belgium and France and representatives of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
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Church in Argentina remembers martyrs as Milei administration downplays ‘dirty war’ atrocities
The 50th anniversary of the Argentina’s military dictatorship arrived amid controversy in the country.
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Global Catholic charity head says they’re doing ‘less with less’ after Trump’s foreign aid cuts
Even as some foreign aid has been revived, pledges from donor states remain far below the world’s needs and humanitarian groups are still struggling to recover from 2025’s debilitating cuts.
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Protestant march through Catholic community opens old wounds in Northern Ireland
The approval of a contested march through a Catholic nationalist neighborhood has sharpened tensions between nationalist and unionist communities across Northern Ireland.
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Why are presidential candidates chasing the evangelical vote in Catholic-majority Brazil?
Home to more than 100 million faithful, Brazil has been called the world’s most Catholic nation. But in the upcoming presidential election, candidates are chasing evangelical voters the hardest.
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Catholic sisters bring fight to end human trafficking to U.N. General Assembly
Gertrude Elelegu, S.S.L., of Nigeria and Sarah Puls, S.G.S., of Australia have devoted many years to mitigating the global scourge of human trafficking and restoring the people traumatized by their experiences in this shadow world.