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Pillar journalist assaulted

Edgar Beltrán is not afraid

JD Flynn
Oct 19, 2025
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Hey everybody,

Here’s why I’m writing on a Sunday. And it’s important.

Today the Church canonized seven new saints, including the first two Venezuelans ever to be canonized: St. José Gregorio Hernández and St. María del Carmen Rendiles.

In Venezuela, everyone is excited about those canonizations — and the embattled regime of President Nicolas Maduro has ev…

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