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Church in Venezuela

The challenge facing Venezuela’s new nuncio

Why Archbishop Alberto Ortega Martín is walking into a minefield

Edgar Beltrán
May 28, 2024
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The Vatican announced May 14 the appointment of Archbishop Alberto Ortega Martín as the new apostolic nuncio to Venezuela.

Archbishop Alberto Ortega Martín. Pillar file photo.

Archbishop Ortega Martín has been a serving papal ambassador for a decade, seeing service first in Iraq and Jordan, then in Chile, before his new appointment this month.

But despite …

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