Friday, June 9, 2017

Venezuelan Bishops Meet Pope Francis in Bid to End Unrest in Country


At their own request, Venezuelan bishops have been meeting Pope Francis today in an effort to find a solution to the anti-government unrest that continues across the Latin American country. Six bishops, including conference president Archbishop Diego Padrón Sánchez of Cumaná, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino of Caracas, and Cardinal Baltazar Porras Cardozo of Mérida have been meeting the Holy Father in order to speak “about the situation in Venezuela,” according to a Vatican statement released on Monday. The meeting comes just months after Vatican-brokered peace talks between Socialist leader Nicolas Maduro and opposition leaders broke down. More…

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