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April 20, 2012

Dear Hugo Chavez, Repent!

Bishop Riera, Catholic News Agency

I write you as the elderly 84-year-old bishop emeritus of Carona, suffering from the serious side-effects of powerful chemotherapy and radiation, which has left me extremely weak because of my weight loss of more than 35 pounds.

I am a walking skeleton unable to move on my own, and I must use a wheelchair constantly. All of this makes me certain that my death draws near and should make you understand the sincerity and healthy desire that move me to speak to you as clearly as possible…

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TAGGED: Catholic Church, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez

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