Venezuela crisis prompts outcry by Church leaders, governments
Aug 2, 2024 · According to the government-controlled National Electoral Council, President Nicolás Maduro secured another six-year term with 51% of the vote against opponent Edmundo González’s 44%.
Catholic Church in Venezuela renews criticism of the Chavista ...
Aug 8, 2024 · Interview: International pressure continues to increase on President Nicolás Maduro following his highly contested reelection. The Catholic Church issued statements July 30 and 31 calling...
Is the Church in Venezuela facing new risks of persecution?
Aug 2, 2024 · In the past, Nicolas Maduro and his government have maintained a fragile peace with the Catholic Church. But with the already tenuous situation in Venezuela now particularly unstable, it is possible that the government’s relationship with the Church could erupt into a full-blown persecution.
The Role of the Vatican and the Catholic Church in Venezuela
Oct 7, 2020 · The Venezuelan Catholic church has blamed Nicolás Maduro for the crisis and condemned his efforts to cling to power by manipulating negotiation efforts. As head of the Catholic church, the pope has taken a diplomatic approach …
Catholic leaders in Venezuela skeptical of Maduro’s election
Mar 4, 2024 · SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Although Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has promised that Venezuela will hold elections later in 2024, many of his critics, including Church officials, doubt that his...
Venezuela Catholic Church: Maduro turning country into dictatorship - BBC
Jul 7, 2017 · Venezuela's Roman Catholic Church has criticised President Nicolás Maduro's decision to have the constitution rewritten. The head of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, Diego Padrón,...
Church in Venezuela demands release of minors jailed in protests
Oct 22, 2024 · Since the presidential election in which the CNE declared Nicolás Maduro president-elect, despite numerous irregularities and accusations of fraud by the opposition and numerous actors in the...
Venezuela’s Catholic voters face crucial decision for president
Jul 20, 2024 · Maduro has blamed this on an alleged “economic war” against Venezuela, orchestrated mainly from the United States. In religious matters, Maduro claims to have been raised Catholic and that his...
Catholics join demonstrators and demand election recount in
Jul 30, 2024 · After 25 years under “Chavismo,” many Venezuelans hoped that the July 28 elections would lead to a decisive defeat of leader Nicolas Maduro, who has been in power for 11 years.
Bad timing: Why Venezuela’s new nuncio had to meet Maduro
Aug 20, 2024 · The new apostolic nuncio to Venezuela, Archbishop Alberto Ortega Martín, presented August 14 his letters of credence as the Holy See’s diplomatic envoy to Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.