Francisco is ready to mediate Venezuela but says "they should ask both parties" – 05/02/2019

Pope Francis He badured Tuesday that a possible mediation in Venezuela should come from a request from both sectors, the official government and the one led by Juan Guaidó. He said it on his return flight from the United Arab Emirates, and after that, he transcended the letter that he sent Nicolás Maduro There are days.

"The initial conditions are that both parties ask"The mediation," said Jorge Bergoglio to the press, "confirmed that he had received a letter from Maduro but had not read it yet.

"I'm going to read Maduro's letter and see what can be done, but the prerequisites are that both parties request it, we are always available," said Francisco.

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"It's like when people go to see the priest because there is a problem between husband and wife: one goes there …" and the other party, comes or goes do not come? Want or do not want?. Both parties are still needed. This is a condition that countries must take into account before asking for facilitation or the presence of a savior or mediation. Both parties, always, "he added, as indicated by the Vatican in the interiorr.

The pontiff said that "small steps" could be taken and that the last was mediation: "these are small initial steps, facilitators, but not only on the side of the Vatican, all the diplomacy, who are getting closer to each other. launching opportunities "That's how diplomacy works. "

On Monday, Maduro announced that he had sent a letter to Pope Francis asking for his help as part of a dialogue process.

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"I sent a letter to Pope Francis, I hope that it comes or that it is already in Rome, at the Vatican, saying that I am at the service of the cause of Christ, and with that in mind I asked him for help in a facilitation process and to strengthen dialogue, "said Chavez's leader on Italian television Sky24.

Abuses of priests to nuns

The pope spoke of the crisis in Venezuela during the flight back from Abu Dhabi to the Vatican after his historic visit to the UAE. In this interview with journalists, Francisco also admitted that priests and bishops badually abused nuns.

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"There were priests and also bishops who did that"said the pope, who had never previously addressed this issue, at the request of a journalist.

"Should we do more?" Yes, there is a will, yes, but it is a path that we have already begun, "he said.Francisco recalled that the pope Benedict XVI acted against a French order after some of her sisters were reduced to "bad slaves" by the priests and the founder.

The question came amidst the scandal over badual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church, which has hit the Vatican in recent years.

Francisco arrived Tuesday afternoon to return to the Vatican after a historic visit to the United Arab Emirates, which ended with a high mbad at the Abu Dhabi stadium, which was attended by about 170,000 Christians living in this country and in other countries of the Persian Gulf.

Shortly after boarding the plane, Francisco sent a telegram to the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, thanking him again for his hospitality.