{"id":16369,"date":"2016-07-21T06:19:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T06:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=16369"},"modified":"2016-07-21T06:19:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T06:19:25","slug":"venezuela-the-people-are-afraid-maria-lozano-acn-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/07\/21\/venezuela-the-people-are-afraid-maria-lozano-acn-international\/","title":{"rendered":"VENEZUELA &#8211; \u2018The People Are Afraid\u2019  &#8211; Maria Lozano \u2013 ACN International"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>VENEZUELA &#8211;\u00a0\u2018The People Are Afraid\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela was once the country of dreams\u2014but those dreams have turned into nightmares. Such is the verdict of one of the country\u2019s bishops.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point, Bishop Jaime Villarroel of the Diocese of Car\u00fapano, told international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need: &#8220;Most of the young people in the north-western state of Sucre have left university because they do not have the money for paper, let alone for photocopies or pens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A university education has become the privilege of a select few, the prelate charged, adding that many young people join gangs or become criminals: \u201cThe people are afraid,\u201d he continued, as drugs, murder and torture have now become part of everyday life. \u201cWe are worse off than ever. Hospitals have neither medicine nor bandages. There is no food in the houses. Trucks are constantly being plundered because the people are hungry and no longer have any regard for anything, the bishop said.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens receive food rations each month that include flour, noodles, butter and sugar, but the portions are too small. \u201cEach family receives 300 grams of powdered milk, half a kilo of pasta or 200 grams of butter. If they would like to buy something else, such as meat, eggs or fish, then they have to pay for it with money that they <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourhealthissues.com\/product\/prilosec\/\">http:\/\/www.ourhealthissues.com\/product\/prilosec\/<\/a> don\u2019t have,\u201d Bishop Villarroel said.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cthe children especially are suffering from malnutrition. The food rations are supposed to be enough for a month, but they don\u2019t even last a week. The people are fainting from hunger. Famine reigns, which used to be unthinkable for Venezuela. We no longer know what to do or to whom we should turn. The police and also the politicians are often corrupt. We feel forsaken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Church has a crucial role in mitigating \u00a0the impact of the crisis. \u201cIt is our job to be there for our people and to relay a message of trust in God. Pastoral visits are a source of great strength in this terrible situation,\u201d the prelate stressed.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Church is also battered itself. In the Diocese of Car\u00fapano\u2014where only 2 percent of the people go to Mass, and where evangelization efforts \u201chaven\u2019t reached the hearts of the people\u201d\u2014the bishop said, churches and even cathedrals are subject to violent attacks. Elsewhere, four young seminarians were recently assaulted and humiliated\u2014with no response from authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Villarroel said the Church and its people have to do their utmost to persist in a \u201cculture of survival,\u201d a severe test for the spirit of the country.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Aid to the Church in Need funded 27 pastoral projects in Venezuela with a total of more than $220,000 in grants. Another 15 projects are being funded this year, the bulk\u2014like last year\u2014going to publishing initiatives, because the shortages of basic goods, including paper, make it practically impossible to produce catechetical materials.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Maria Lozano \u2013 ACN International<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VENEZUELA &#8211;\u00a0\u2018The People Are Afraid\u2019 &nbsp; Venezuela was once the country of dreams\u2014but those dreams have turned into nightmares. 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