"There must be a line, an order, to intimidate the church, to lower its discourse, to be silent. The government's retaliation against the declarations of the Conference is intimidation. We locate the root of such a tough crisis in the application of a failed political system they called 21st century socialism."
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Venezuela Catholic Church feels backlash after chiding Socialists (February 16, 2017)
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