President Nicolas Maduro

Venezuelan cardinal: Synod document strong on ecology, weak on ecclesiology
- Amazon synod, Interviews
- Sep 25, 2019
According to Venezuelan Cardinal Jorge Urosa, the preparatory document for the upcoming Vatican summit of bishops on the Amazon region is “flawed, weak” because Christ is misrepresented.
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Church on edge of the Amazon shelters refugees from Venezuela’s meltdown
- Amazon synod
- Sep 20, 2019
At least four million people have fled Venezuela in recent years, and the number grows higher by the minute, with hundreds crossing the border each day never looking back.
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With Venezuela in a free fall, its bishops call out the government
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Aug 9, 2019
Bishop Jose Trinidad Fernandez has seen up close the downward spiral of his native Venezuela. The capital city of Caracas, where he has worked for the last two decades, has in recent years seen tear gas attacks, physical assaults on citizens by government forces, and hungry and malnourished crowds asking for help in streets that once boasted some of the most well-off masses in all of Latin America.
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New diocese, old problems: Bishop takes stock of Venezuelan see’s needs
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Jun 1, 2019
Bishop Jose Manuel Romero Barrios spoke to CNS about the ongoing turmoil in Venezuela.
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Venezuelans hold vigil for those killed in street clashes
- Associated Press, Church in the Americas
- May 7, 2019
Led by Catholic priests in white vestments, several hundred Venezuelans said prayers Sunday at a candle-lit vigil for at least five people killed in street clashes following a failed opposition call for a military uprising.
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Church attacked by Maduro loyalists after Mass, Venezuelan bishop says
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- May 2, 2019
While protests against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro raged across the country, National Guard forces loyal to the embattled head of state launched tear gas at churchgoers attending Mass at a local parish.
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