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Venezuelan dictator decrees Oct. 1 to be start of Christmas season: Church responds

September 5, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela. / Credit: Eneas de Troya/Flickr

Caracas, Venezuela, Sep 5, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
“This year, in homage and gratitude to you, I am going to decree that the Christmas season [begins] on Oct. 1,” declared N… […]

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New archbishop of Caracas in Venezuela installed amid country’s political crisis

August 27, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

"We too must overcome despair," said newly installed Caracas, Venezuela, archbishop Raúl Biord Castillo. / Credit: Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM)

Caracas, Venezuela, Aug 27, 2024 / 15:15 pm (CNA).
On Aug. 24, the new metr… […]

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Venezuela election: UN panel finds lack of ‘transparency and integrity’

August 15, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

United Nations Building and the flags in Geneva Switzerland. / Credit: Nexus 7/Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 15, 2024 / 16:43 pm (CNA).
The United Nations panel of election experts that was in Venezuela during the July 28 presidential elec… […]

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Venezuelan cardinals warn Maduro government may be fabricating election tally sheets

August 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Venezuelan cardinals Diego Padrón and Baltazar Porras. / Credit: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images; Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 7, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Venezuelan cardinals Baltazar Porras and Diego Padrón issued a statement i… […]

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Venezuela election crisis prompts outcry by Church leaders, governments around the world

August 2, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia (left) and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro show their ballots as they vote during the presidential election on July 28, 2024. / Credit: RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images;… […]

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Venezuelan elections: Maduro claims victory, opposition claims fraud

July 29, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Voters around a voting center in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 28, 2024. / Credit: Andrés Henríquez/ACI Prensa

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 29, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA).
The Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE), controlled by the entrenched socialis… […]

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The faith of Venezuela’s presidential candidates: A crucial decision for Catholic voters

July 20, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate for the Plataforma Unitaria Democratica party, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia (left) and current Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro appear to have the lead in that country’s upcoming elections, which will … […]

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Catholic bishop protests deportation by Mexican immigration authorities

April 9, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Joseph Khawam is apostolic exarch for the Melkite Church in Venezuela and apostolic administrator of the Melkite Eparchy in Mexico. / Credit: Facebook screenshot/Bishop Joseph Khawam

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 9, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
A bish… […]

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Oldest man in the world dead at 114; prayed the rosary twice daily

April 4, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Guinness World Records recognized Juan Vicente Pérez Mora as the oldest man in the world on Feb. 4, 2022, when he was 112 years old and 253 days old. / Credit: Guinness World Records

CNA Staff, Apr 4, 2024 / 11:30 am (CNA).
Juan Vicente Pérez M… […]

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Divine Shepherdess procession in Venezuela draws 2.7 million

January 16, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Millions of people gathered in the streets of Barquisimeto in Lara state, Venezuela, to accompany the Divine Shepherdess in a Jan. 14, 2024, procession. / Credit: Adolfo Pereira/Lara State Government

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 16, 2024 / 18:00 pm (C… […]

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