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Pope convenes cardinals and asks their priorities for 2 years

Venezuela

Archbishop of Miami Thomas Wenski poses in front of a traveling bronze sculpture titled "Angels Unawares," before blessing it, Feb. 10, 2021, in downtown Miami. (Credit: Wilfredo Lee/AP.)

US Christian leaders minister to an anxious diaspora with Venezuela’s future in flux

Jan 8
Luis Andres Henao,
Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus remarks on Venezuela crisis both cautious and clear

Jan 5
Christopher R. Altieri

Residents look at a damaged apartment complex that neighbors say was hit during U.S. strikes to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (Credit: Matias Delacroix/AP.)

‘Still shaken’: Trepidation in Venezuela after US captures Maduro

Jan 5
Regina Garcia Cano,
Associated Press

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro speaks at a ceremony marking the ninth anniversary of the signing of a peace deal between the state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (Credit: Fernando Vergara/AP.)

Colombian Catholics among those concerned after Trump threatens country’s president

Jan 5
Eduardo Campos Lima

Pope expresses ‘deep concern’ after US military action in Venezuela

Jan 4
Elise Ann Allen

Men watch smoke rising from a dock after explosions were heard at La Guaira port, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (Credit: Matias Delacroix/AP.)

Venezuelan Church reacts to US abduction of Maduro with caution

Jan 4
Eduardo Campos Lima

Mariela Gmez, right, and her partner Abraham Castro, a Venezuelan migrant couple, sit for Christmas dinner at Castro's parents' home in Maracay, Venezuela, early Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. The couple abandoned their journey to the United States and returned home from Mexico by land and sea following President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. (Credit: Matias Delacroix/AP.)

A Venezuelan family’s Christmas: From the American dream to poverty

Dec 26, 2025
Matias Delacroix,
Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

US Military Archdiocese leader issues statement on military actions against suspected drug smugglers

Dec 4, 2025
Crux Staff

Venezuelan Catholics among those quietly celebrating Nobel Peace laureate María Corina Machado

Oct 14, 2025
Eduardo Campos Lima

In this photo provided by the president of El Salvador's press office, a prison guard transfers deportees from the U.S. alleged to be from Venezuelan gangs, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 16, 2025. (Credit: AP.)

Catholics lament their own impotence to intervene in case of Venezuelans deported by Trump

Mar 24, 2025
Eduardo Campos Lima

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Tag: Venezuela | Crux

Pope convenes cardinals and asks their priorities for 2 years

Jan 8
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

US Christian leaders minister to an anxious diaspora with Venezuela’s future in flux

Jan 8
Luis Andres Henao,
Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press

Pope Leo starts new series of speeches on documents of Vatican II

Jan 7
Charles Collins

Cameroon Church defends its actions amid post-election criticism

Jan 7
Ngala Killian Chimtom