Venezuela restores Cardinal Porras’ passport

Several diplomatic delegations had pressured the regime to restore the passport, sources told The Pillar.

Cardinal Baltazar Porras obtained a new passport Friday, a month and a half after the Venezuelan regime cancelled his passport and barred him from leaving the country.

Cardinal Porras stands with his new passport on Jan. 30, 2026. Credit: Instagram

Porras, the archbishop emeritus of Caracas, was barred from leaving the country on Dec. 10 after he repeated…