The Pope’s strong message on the crisis in Venezuela
The Pope invited this Friday to “dialogue” and “make peace” in Venezuela and added that “dictatorships are useless and sooner or later they end badly,” when asked what message he would give to the country in the current situation, after the electionsat the press conference on the plane returning from his tour of Asia and Oceania.
In any case, Francis was cautious in his response, saying that he had not been following the situation in recent days.
“The message I give to the rulers is to dialogue and make peace,” he replied, before adding: “Dictatorships are useless and end badly sooner or later.”
Attention. Statement by Pope Francis on Venezuela and the Maduro regime:
“DICTATORSHIPS ARE USELESS and, sooner or later, END BADLY.”pic.twitter.com/LBlssmqQUF
— Agustin Antonetti (@agusantonetti) September 13, 2024
The Pope called for a path to peace in Venezuela
He reiterated his call for “people to do everything to find a path to peace in Venezuela.”
“I cannot give a political opinion because I do not know the details, But I know that the bishops have spoken and their message is the one that counts.he added.
Venezuelan bishops have repeatedly asked Nicolás Maduro to show the electoral records because “ignoring popular sovereignty expressed through voting is morally unacceptable, as it seriously deviates from truth and justice.”
While the Pope was in Asia, the Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiaarrived in Spain as a political asylum seeker after the Venezuelan justice system issued an arrest warrant against him following the release of electoral records that would prove his victory in the presidential elections of July 28.
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