The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, joined his voice to express his deep condolences for the physical departure of Pope Francis, who passed away early Monday morning after suffering from a lung disease. Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Yván Gil, shared the statement on behalf of the National Executive.
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00:00Nicolás Maduro expressed his deepest sorrow at the physical departure of Pope Francis, spiritual leader and friend of the peoples.
00:07The statement expresses the president, together with the Venezuelan people, mourns with deep sorrow the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis,
00:15pastor of the world, brother of the South, and staunch defender of justice, peace, and the most humble.
00:22Pope Francis was a transforming spiritual leader whose clear and courageous voice denounced the inequalities of the dominant system
00:28and called for the construction of a more humane, just, and deeply united world.
00:33From his Latin American identity, he gave impetus to a church committed to the causes of the poor,
00:39to the protection of Mother Earth, and to dialogue between cultures and regions.
00:43His pontificate will be remembered for his profound option for the excluded, for his partial courage, and for his capacity to renew hope in the people.
00:53He was a man of God who did not hesitate to make the powerful uncomfortable with the truth of the gospel.
00:58Furthermore, the head of state added, Venezuela will always remember him as a sincere friend,
01:04as the Pope was pushed with determination, the canonization of Dr. José Gregorio Hernández,
01:10symbol of faith of the Venezuelan people, and a spiritual bridge between our struggles and our hope.
01:15We asked him, together with Mother Carmen Rindeles, to receive him in the glory of God.
01:20In this moment of spiritual recollection, the Venezuelan people uniting prayer,
01:25celebrating the luminous legacy of Francis, his love for his neighbor, his committed faith,
01:30and his testimony of humanity, his memory, will live on in those of us who struggle for a world of dignity, peace, and social justice.