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Faith at the ballot box: religion reasserts its political weight in Latin America’s election year

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In practical terms, this means that clergy formation now includes systematic instruction in political doctrine

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At the heart of the June discussions lies a dual axis: missionary renewal and structural reform. The Pope’s letter places renewed emphasis on Evangelii Gaudium, the 2013 apostolic exhortation of his predecessor, presenting it not as a historical document but as an unfinished program

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The city of Bamenda, where Leo XIV is scheduled to preside over a peace gathering, encapsulates the complexity of the crisis. Often described as the epicenter of the Anglophone conflict, Bamenda has endured years of violence since tensions escalated in 2016

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Letter from Pope Leo XIV to the cardinals ahead of the upcoming consistory in 2026

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Yet the significance of the Caieiras ceremony cannot be understood without reference to the recent past. In 2019, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life imposed a series of disciplinary measures on the Heralds following an intervention whose details were never fully clarified publicly

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The current growth represents a recovery from recent lows rather than a return to historical highs

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Catholics in Managua attended the Stations of the Cross in the inner gardens of the Metropolitan Cathedral under police surveillance. After the Stations of the Cross, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, who never refers to the government or religious restrictions, estimated that 25,000 people gathered in the Cathedral square.

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The President of the National Assembly in Hanoi presented the Pope with a letter from the President, who is now firmly at the helm of power in Vietnam. It was precisely internal disagreements over the local political balance of power that had slowed down the preparations for the visit, which is so eagerly awaited by the Catholic community. Cardinal Parolin is due to visit soon to establish full diplomatic relations. The possibility of 2027, when the Pope is already expected in Seoul for World Youth Day.

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This index, known as the Religious Diversity Index, does not measure the intensity of belief but the balance between groups. A score of zero would indicate total uniformity, while a perfect 10 would reflect an almost equal presence of all seven major categories used in the study: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, adherents of other religions and those with no religious affiliation

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