Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:49:36 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Vatican diplomat saved life of Hugo Chavez during coup https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/03/12/vatican-diplomat-saved-life-of-hugo-chavez-during-coup/ Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:03:12 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=41165 A former Vatican diplomat has recalled the dramatic circumstances in which he saved the life of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez life during a failed 2002 military coup. "Chavez pleaded with me to save him," recalled Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of Faridabad, who was deputy nuncio in Venezuela and is now a bishop in the northern Indian Read more

Vatican diplomat saved life of Hugo Chavez during coup... Read more]]> A former Vatican diplomat has recalled the dramatic circumstances in which he saved the life of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez life during a failed 2002 military coup.

"Chavez pleaded with me to save him," recalled Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of Faridabad, who was deputy nuncio in Venezuela and is now a bishop in the northern Indian state of Haryana.

"He said: ‘My life is in danger. My family and I are being held hostage at gunpoint. Please come and save me, my children.' "

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