Coming off the Holy See’s success in
talks leading to re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the United
States and Cuba and progress on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China,
Pope Francis seems to have believed it was worth trying to help resolve the
stalemate between Maduro and his opposition, one of the most intractable
political problems of recent years. Even if he had no recent successes to his
credit, Pope Francis would have believed it to be the church’s duty to advance
the cause of peace and to help alleviate a grave situation of manufactured
suffering. As he argued in “The Joy of the Gospel,” dialogue is a condition of
peace. More…
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