Pro-government militia, known in Venezuela as “colectivos,” have even on a number of occasions disrupted Mass at churches in Caracas in attempts to silence church leaders.

The scenario captures something of the present-day reality of the Catholic Church in Venezuela, as Church ministers spend themselves to alleviate the effects of a crisis from which they themselves ...

Over one million Venezuelans have arrived in Colombia as of May 2018. Colombia is not a rich country, and helping to bear the burden of receiving thousands of Venezuelan refugees every day is the ...

What Venezuelans find in their evangelical church Israel Guerra was raised Catholic, but a spiritual crisis led him to become evangelical.

In Venezuela, priests convicted of abuse have returned to ministry Clergy who sexually abused children have served little or no time. Critics fault both the church and the judicial system.

The sainthood process In the Catholic Church, sainthood is an official confirmation that a person has entered God’s eternal presence—basically, that they made it to heaven.

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

On a recent Sunday morning, several hundred Catholic worshipers were at Mass inside a hillside church of a poor Caracas neighborhood when there was a sudden commotion at the back. About 20 people ...

The Catholic bishops were initially very sympathetic to Chavez’s first steps against corruption and in favor of social reform. These came as he took office seven years ago.

Coronavirus hasn’t yet hit Venezuela as hard as neighboring Brazil and Colombia. But after years of economic and political crisis, the country’s institutions are in ruins and experts agree ...

A Catholic bishop was recently deported to Venezuela shortly after arriving in Mexico this month and has blasted Mexican authorities for alleged violation of human rights and racial discrimination.