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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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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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The Church asks Colombia, Venezuela to resume diplomatic relations to address migration

May 26, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Migrant child has lunch at the Casa de Paso "Divina Providencia" in Cucuta. / David Ramos/ACI Prensa.

Lima, Peru, May 26, 2022 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
The Church has asked the governments of Colombia and Venezuela to resume their “truncated… […]

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Venezuelan bishops criticize National Guard for obstructing aid to victims of rains, landslides

August 31, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Caritas Merida assists in solidarity work after heavy rains in the Venezuelan state. Credit: Caritas Merida. / null

Merida, Venezuela, Aug 31, 2021 / 17:29 pm (CNA).
The Venezuelan bishops’ conference criticized on Monday the Venezuelan National… […]

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Venezuelan president rejects Vatican letter calling for dialogue 

July 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro speaks at a rally in Caracas in support calling a constituent assembly, May 23, 2017. / Marco Salgado/Shutterstock

Caracas, Venezuela, Jul 23, 2021 / 17:01 pm (CNA).
Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela,… […]

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Venezuelan archbishop: Let us demand an end to human rights violations in our country

July 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

The flag of Venezuela. / Anyul Rivas via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Caracas, Venezuela, Jul 9, 2021 / 16:19 pm (CNA).
During the Venezuelan bishops’ plenary assembly on Wednesday, the conference president said that one of the main battles that must be … […]

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Venezuelan bishops to address country’s situation during plenary assembly

July 7, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

May 3, 2017 Deputy of the National Assembly holds a Venezuelan flag when the protest in Caracas is repressed by the Bolivarian National Guard with tear gas. Credit: Reynaldo Riobueno/Shutterstock

Caracas, Venezuela, Jul 7, 2021 / 16:19 pm (CNA)…. […]

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