The Archdiocese of Caracas announced the abrupt suspension on Wednesday of a scheduled weekend Mass in celebration of the recent canonization of Saints José Gregorio Hernández and Carmen Rendiles, Venezuela’s first Catholic saints.
Although the Archdiocese cited overcrowding as the alleged reason for the sudden cancellation, ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language division of the Catholic News Agency, noted that the announcement occurs amid tensions between the Venezuelan Catholic Church and socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.
Pope Leo XIV canonized seven new saints on Sunday at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, among which were Venezuelan Saints José Gregorio Hernández and María Carmen Rendiles. The Maduro regime sent an official delegation to attend the canonization, leading to tensions between the socialist delegation and the Venezuelan faithful who rejected their
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