Cardinal Parolin to Venezuela: 'Open unjust prisons…set the oppressed free'

Parolin’s homily was one of the strongest indictments of the Venezuelan regime by a Vatican official in years.

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin criticized the Venezuelan regime at an Oct. 20 thanksgiving Mass for the canonization of the first two Venezuelan saints, calling the country to “open the unjust prisons” and build “respect for human rights.”

Cardinal Pietro Parolin at the October 19 canonization Mass. Credit: Zuma Press / Alamy.

Parolin’…