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Venezuela
Venezuela is a predominantly Catholic country with a complex history of church-state relations. Catholicism arrived with the Spanish conquest in the 16th century but,...
Venezuela is a predominantly Catholic country with a complex history of church-state relations. Catholicism arrived with the Spanish conquest in the 16th century but,...
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EVENTS (17)
Inaugural Symposium: Christianity and Freedom: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
December 14, 2012
December 14, 2012
PUBLICATIONS (17)
Political Demography: How Population Changes are Reshaping International Security and National Politics
May 31, 2012
May 31, 2012
INTERVIEWS (63)
A Discussion with Bishop Singulane on the Role of CCM in the Ending of the Mozambican Civil War
May 26, 2009
May 26, 2009
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Venezuelan Episcopal Conference on the Dangers of the Revolutionary Project
January 9, 2009
Nevertheless, we warn about the danger of trading the constitutional democratic model for an exclusive and exclusionary revolutionary project, promoting by means of power a process of socio-economic, juridical-political, cultural and even religious changes, without the consent of the population. As a consequence, the divisions among Venezuelans have deepened, which has resulted in an unprecedented polarization. Intolerance has produced hatred, fanaticism and violence.