Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday suggested maintaining economic pressure against Venezuela’s socialist regime as a means to promote change in the country.

The Pope’s comments appear to be a call to maintain sanctions against the authoritarian regime led by socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro — such as those imposed by President Donald Trump.

The Pope, returning from his trip to Lebanon, referred to the rising tensions between the United States and Venezuela in remarks given to reporters aboard the papal plane on the way back to Rome.

Speaking in Spanish, Pope Leo said that, with regards to Venezuela, the Vatican is looking for ways to calm the situation alongside the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, “seeking above all the good of the people, because so often it is the people who suffer in these si

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