Pope Voices Concerns to Venezuelan President
From Times Wire Reports
Pope Benedict XVI met Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and listed concerns about religious freedom in the largely Catholic nation, the Vatican said.
A statement issued later said the pope had reaffirmed the Vatican’s right to name bishops freely and expressed his concern that the religious freedom of St. Rose University in Venezuela was under threat.
Chavez told reporters, “I think we can completely turn the page and relegate these conflicts to the past.”
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