23 priests ran for office in Brazilian elections
October 06, 2014
In Brazil’s general elections on October 5, 23 priests stood as candidates for public office, defying Church law.
Brazilian bishops told Catholic News Service that when priests violate canon law, which forbids clerics from partisan political activity, they are temporarily suspended from ministry. Those who won their elections will remain suspended. Those who lost may be reinstated, if their bishops are convinced that they do not intend to run for office again.
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