Venezuela’s prelates urge elections amid economic disaster
The Catholic bishops of Venezuela have
called on the government of President Nicolas Maduro to set a date for
elections as the nation continues to sink into economic disaster. Following a
plenary meeting of the hierarchy, the bishops issued a pastoral exhortation,
‘Jesus Christ, the Light and the Way for Venezuela’, in which they state that
“the country requires a plan for elections, just as was agreed upon during the
round-table discussions [with opposition figures]. “A great darkness covers our
country. We are going through dramatic situations: the serious shortage of
medicine and food. Never before had we seen our brothers rummaging through
garbage in search of food!” More…
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