Amid ongoing political instability in Venezuela, the Church continues to face harassment while seeking to serve as a place of encounter and support. Now, amid Venezuelans’ rising hope for the release of political prisoners, the Church continues to call for the freedom of those who remain unjustly detained. Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado shares more on diplomatic relations between Venezuela and the Holy See. As the country navigates this transition, the Church is present to support families of political prisoners, who wait anxiously outside prisons for their loved ones. EWTN Vatican journalist Bénédicte Cedergren has more.

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