Venezuela’s church has played many roles in the past, and soon she will be asked to fill a new role, laying another layer of her story as the inevitable concludes in Venezuela.

Church leaders like Archbishop Gutiérrez of Ciudad Bolívar are clear that the Catholic Church in Venezuela can’t use the crisis “as a means to solicit aid and turn into beggars.” ...

How the Catholic Church is responding to Venezuela’s refugee crisis. Antonio De Loera-Brust February 18, 2019. The city of Cúcuta, Colombia, lies on the western bank of the Tachira River, ...

The second issue driving communities to evangelical churches might be the Catholic Church’s priest shortage, which means fewer faith leaders are now serving larger groups of people, said Smilde.

In Venezuela, a quest for sainthood offers proof of miracles. ... 2021. Hernández was beatified by the Catholic Church on April 30th. By Amy McKeever. Photographs by Manaure Quintero. May 3, 2021 ...

On March 30, Venezuela’s Catholic Church issued a widely circulated message asking all political leaders to “act decisively to reach a fundamental consensus” that would enable Venezuela to ...

The Catholic Church in Venezuela is stepping up its criticism of Nicolás Maduro’s leftist government and calling for him to release political prisoners, schedule congressional elections and ...

On April 2, 2024, a Catholic Bishop was deported from Mexico to Venezuela. Bishops attend an open-air mass by Pope Francis in Ecatepec, Mexico City, in 2016. GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images ...

In the mid-1940s, a socialist political branch prevented the Catholic Church from providing religious education. Decades later, Chávez promoted a “divinization” or “human cult” toward ...

The Catholic Church in Venezuela has said it is running out of wine to celebrate Mass because of nationwide shortages of basic supplies.

Representatives of Venezuela’s conference of Catholic bishops and the Evangelical Council of Venezuela contend that Maduro supporters continue to verbally harass clergy and other members of ...