Pope on Venezuela: "I fear a bloodbath"

Pope Francis admitted Monday that he feared "the bloodshed" in Venezuela and that he "feared" the violence that could be triggered by the political crisis in this country of America. from South.

Statements he made to accredited journalists in the plane that brought him from Panama to Rome.

"What scares me? The bloodshed," he told the 70 journalists who accompanied him.

"I have to be balanced, I do not like the word balanced, I have to be a pastor and, if they need help, by mutual agreement, they should ask for it", did he declare.

"If I came to tell these countries or these others, I would put myself in a role I do not know, it would be pastoral imprudence on my part and it would hurt," said the pontiff.

In this sense, he said: "I suffer because of what is happening now in Venezuela and that is why I want them to agree, I do not know, not to accept , it's good. "