I don’t have live access to current news feeds right now. Based on recent reporting, the Archdiocese of Caracas has been led by Archbishop Raúl Biord Castillo since 2024, succeeding Cardinal Baltazar Porras, amid Venezuela’s ongoing political and social crisis. There have also been ongoing discussions about tensions between the Church and the regime, including statements denying allegations of extortion against relatives of detainees . For the latest, I can fetch up-to-date articles if you’d like me to search again.
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www.catholic-hierarchy.orgThe Archdiocese of Caracas has denied accusations that it mediated a meeting with Venezuelan regime officials to blackmail the daughter of an opposition candidate in the 2024 presidential elections. St. Anne Cathedral in Caracas. Credit: Luvilu6, Wikimedia, CC-BY-SA 4.0. “At no time has any ‘extortion’ or pressure been exerted on relatives of detainees or on anyone else in the archdiocese,” Archbishop Raúl Biord stated in a January 20 press rele…
ground.newsOn Aug. 24, the new metropolitan archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela, Raúl Biord Castillo, formally took possession of the archdiocese.
www.catholicnewsagency.comOn October 25, Cardinal Baltazar Porras, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas and one of the most prominent voices in the Venezuelan Church, reported that government interference and military obstruction prevented him from reaching Isnotú, the birthplace of Saint José Gregorio Hernández
zenit.orgThe canonization of Hernández and Rendiles could have been a unifying event for a country in pain. Instead, it revealed the moral chasm separating the Church’s vision of human dignity from the regime’s hunger for control
zenit.orgThe archbishop of Caracas has been accused of maintaining a close relationship with the Venezuelan regime.
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