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Why Brazilian presidential candidates are courting evangelical voters

Original: Why are presidential candidates chasing the evangelical vote in Catholic-majority Brazil? Home to more than 100 million

In Brazil, a country long described as the world's most Catholic with more than 100 million faithful, presidential candidates are focusing their campaigns on evangelical voters ahead of the election. Commentators say the shift reflects evangelical churches' growing political influence and mobilising power, as the community's share of the population rises while Catholic affiliation declines.

Why now: The presidential election has put the growing political weight of evangelical voters against Brazil's Catholic majority identity in the spotlight.

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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… · CatholicNews@na.social · 1

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