Venezuela’s bishops released a pastoral exhortation calling for respect for human rights, a respect for popular sovereignty, the release of all political prisoners, and forgiveness rather than violence.
The bishops released “Despuntará tu luz como la aurora” (“Your light will break forth like the dawn” (Isaiah 58:8) on February 9, over a month after the United States removed strongman Nicolás Maduro from office. Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s current acting president, was Maduro’s vice president.