The Pope's letter to Nicolás Maduro has been disclosed

A letter from Pope Francisco to Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, has been leaked in recent hours by one of the most important newspapers in Italy.

In response to Maduro's request for mediation on the Venezuelan crisis, Jorge Bergoglio sent him a two-and-a-half-page letter, full of caution and reproach addressed to "Mr. Maduro", avoiding attributing him the title of president .

Francisco reminds him of the repeated attempts of the Venezuelan government to request mediations in the Vatican "performed by the Holy See" and not by Venezuela.

"We had to try to give an outlet to the Venezuelan crisis, but unfortunately all were interrupted because what was agreed at the meetings was not followed by concrete steps to reach an agreement." And the words seemed to delegitimize the good intentions that had been written, "said the pope, according to the Italian newspaper. Corriere della Sera.

Maduro asks Pope Francis to intervene to "facilitate dialogue" in Venezuela

The columnist Mbadimo Franco, author of the scoop, explains that the meaning is clear: "Maduro sought to dialogue using the Vatican screen and then ignored the commitments made, and the pope made him see it."

Bergoglio details the role played by the Holy See, alongside the Venezuelan Bishops, "as guarantor and at the request of the parties" in a first phase, at the end of 2016.

"It was an effort to get out of the crisis peacefully and institutionally, through negotiations between the Maduro government and the table of democratic unity. [la oposición], with a series of conditions to satisfy, "commented the Italian journalist.

At the end of the letter, the pope explains to Maduro that he "deeply worries about the situation" for "the suffering of the noble Venezuelan people, who does not seem to have an end". In addition, adds the daily Francisco, it repeats way of bloodshed. "

The Vatican's acting spokesman, Alessandro Gisotti, did not want to comment, nor deny what he saw as the publication of "a private letter" of the pope in a media outlet.

Pope Francis, returning from his trip to the United Arab Emirates, said that "for mediation to be possible, the will of both parties is necessary". The initial conditions are clear: if the parties request it, we are always available. "(The New., Clarín and Infobae)