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Every Jan. 5 the Church celebrates the feast of St. John Neumann, Redemptorist missionary, fourth bishop of the city of Philadelphia, and organizer of the first Catholic education network in the U.S. John Nepomucene Neumann was born in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic, in 1811. He attended school in Budweis and years later, in 1831, entered the seminary in that …

NEW YORK (AP) — A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself the “president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty on Monday to the federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from power. “I was captured,” Maduro said in Spanish as translated by a courtroom reporter before being cut off …

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will be arraigned in federal court at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time in New York City on Monday, federal authorities announced, Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured from the Venezuelan capital of Caracas in a daring military operation ordered by President Donald Trump. Maduro has been charged with four counts – narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation …

Venezuela is entering a new and very uncertain era after the sudden capture and removal of Nicolas Máduro, the country’s president for the last 12 years. Amid widespread apprehension about what comes next, the streets of the capital Caracas and other cities have been quiet. People are apprehensive about being out and about, with the security forces on edge. But …

The African Union (AU) has expressed concern over the abduction of Mr. Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan President, and military attacks on the country’s institutions. The African continental body disclosed this in a communique issued via its website: https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20260103/communique-situation-venezuela on Saturday night, against the backdrop of the situation in Venezuela. According to the communique, the AU followed with grave concern the recent …

uban President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned the attack on Venezuela as criminal and warned that Latin America is not the “backyard” where the United States does as it pleases, the Associated Press reports. “Its attack on Venezuela shatters the stability that has characterized our region for years,” the president said during a rally that drew thousands of people in Havana. “The …

New York – UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said the capture of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and his wife by U.S. special forces in the early hours of Saturday is “a dangerous precedent”. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Stéphane Dujarric, UN Spokesperson, on Saturday in New York Guterres said he is “deeply alarmed” over the standoff …

rump has just shared a new image on Truth Social that he says shows “Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima” – this is the boat he earlier told Fox News was bringing the Venezuelan leader to the US. The image shows what appears to be Maduro, with an eye mask and headphones on and wearing a grey tracksuit. …

Trump Confirms US Strike In Venezuela, Says President Nicolas Maduro Has Been ‘Captured’ The U.S. military carried out a “large-scale strike” in Venezuela early Saturday morning and took Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife into custody, President Donald Trump confirmed. The president wrote on Truth Social that the operation was successful and Maduro and his wife were “captured and …

He says in a post on X: “The president offered multiple off ramps, but was very clear throughout this process: the drug trafficking must stop, and the stolen oil must be returned to the United States. “Maduro is the newest person to find out that President Trump means what he says. Kudos to our brave special operators who pulled off …