Venezuelan Episcopal Conference

Headquarters of the Permanent Secretariat of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference

Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) is a permanent institution which according to Vatican II, associated with the Bishops of the Bolivarian Republic to exercise their apostolate in the organization of the Catholic Church in Venezuela. Through it the Bishops jointly exercise as an expression of affection schoolboy, some pastoral functions with respect to the faithful of their territory and promote, according to the norm of law, the greater good which the Church offers humankind, especially through forms and ways of apostolate conveniently suited to the circumstances of time and place. Documents outlining the being and acting of the 113 Episcopal Conferences, currently in the world, are: Lumen Gentium (23), Christus Dominus (37-38), Ecclesiae Imago (211), Ecclesiae Sanctae (41), Apostolos Suos and the Code of Canon law (cc.447-459). Decree Christus Dominus of Vatican II, on the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church (approved on October 28, 1965), devotes Chapter III to the cooperation of the bishops to the common good of the other churches. In particular, the numbers 37 and 38 refer to episcopal conferences. Previously, the decree points out: {{Quote | From the first centuries of the Church, the bishops who were in the front of the particular Churches, moved by the communion of fraternal charity and zeal for the universal mission entrusted to the Apostles, joined forces and wills to promote the good of the particular Churches.

Headquarters of the Vatican embassy, ​​Pope John Paul II used it twice in 2 opportunities that visited the country, always on his visits, the parishioners, drilling outside the facilities to be blessed several times by John Paul himself, I do not believe there is another Pope as it was John Paul

Very nice place both the old and the new part many positive energies in the environment

I believe that it is urgent to discuss the sexual life of Catholic priests and prevent them from covering up cases of pedophilia that occur in schools, seminaries, aspirants, churches with altar servers and acolytes, it is not fair that the church continues to prevent priests from marrying Christians , absurdly based on Matthew 19, when clearly the chapter does not speak of the prohibition to marry, but of a decision to deliver celibacy to the kingdom of heaven, it is a topic to be developed that does not fit in two lines.