Brazil’s Election Puts a Saint in the Crossfire
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A Catholic patron saint has become a political issue as Brazil’s presidential election approaches. The dispute centers on whether the Black Madonna of Aparecida could lose her status as the country’s national saint if Flávio Bolsonaro wins. He is an evangelical Christian who opposes the veneration of saints.