US EditionVenezuelan Cardinal says passport seized amid political tensions
Cardinal Baltazar Porras was prevented from traveling to Spain amid political tensions between Venezuela's government and the Catholic Church, a spokesperson said.
- On Dec 10, Venezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Porras said immigration officials at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía confiscated his passport and barred him from traveling abroad.
- Years of strained relations between the government and the Catholic Church have fueled recurring flashpoints, as Venezuela's government has accused the Catholic Church of conspiring against it.
- Porras said, `After an hour and a half, a soldier came and told me I could not travel...` disrupting his planned church events in Madrid and return on Dec. 21.
- The seizure coincided with Maria Corina Machado's Nobel-related travel, as she was traveling to Oslo on Wednesday in defiance of a decade-long travel ban.
- High-Level criticism of Porras and calls for human‑rights respect have intensified after President Nicolás Maduro accused him of conspiring, while church leaders at the Jose Gregorio Hernández canonization at the Vatican urged respect for human rights and political prisoner releases.
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The regime of Nicolás Maduro has forbidden to travel to Spain for religious reasons to Cardinal Baltazar Porras , cancelling and confiscating his Venezuelan passport. At the same time, he expelled Argentine journalists from the chain C5N, according to those affected themselves. The international airport Simón Bolívar de Maiquetía in Caracas had an intense day this Wednesday during the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo to the Venezuelan lead…
Venezuelan Cardinal says passport seized amid political tensions
Venezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Porras said on Wednesday his passport was confiscated and he was barred from traveling abroad, a move that comes amid heightened political tensions in the South American country.
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eldiariodechihuahua.mxVenezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Porras reported that he was threatened with arrest and his passport was withheld.
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Catholic News AgencyVenezuelan authorities prevent Cardinal Porras from traveling, cancel passport
Caracas, Venezuela, Dec 10, 2025 / 16:45 pm On Dec. 10 Venezuelan immigration police confiscated and invalidated the passport of Cardinal Baltazar Porras, the archbishop emeritus of Caracas, as he was preparing to travel to [...]
Cardinal Baltazar Porras, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, denounced on Wednesday that Venezuelan authorities confiscated his passport when he tried to fly from Venezuela to Spain for work commitments.
Cardinal Baltazar Porras Cardozo was stripped of his passport at Venezuela's main airport, preventing him from embarking on a trip to ...
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