Church in Venezuela could undergo more persecution in 2026, experts say

Caracas skyline. | Credit: Olga Berrios, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jan 1, 2026 / 10:00 am (CNA). 2026 dawned in Venezuela in an atmosphere of ambivalence: sorrows and joys, tensions and consolations, and more questions than certainties. The work of the Catholic Church goes on within the country’s turbulent reality, a task that is far from easy due to “the autocratic drift of national politics,” as the bishops stated at the beginning of last year.This past December in…