Venezuela Reaches Out to Vatican to Mediate Crisis

Venezuela's government formally invited Vatican No. 2 Cardinal Pietro Parolin on Wednesday to mediate talks with the opposition in hopes of stemming violence that has killed dozens in the nation's worst unrest in a decade.   In a letter, President Nicolas Maduro's government asked that Parolin, a former envoy to Venezuela who is now the Vatican's secretary of state, be named a “good faith witness” to a dialog agreed after two months of protests.   A Vatican...

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