Pope tamps down Maduro’s hopes for Vatican intervention

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis has acknowledged receiving a request from embattled Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro to help relaunch talks to end the country’s political crisis, but is ruling out any involvement unless opposition leader Juan Guaido requests it.
Francis said Tuesday he hadn’t read Maduro’s letter, which he said arrived via diplomatic pouch.
But he told reporters en route home from the United Arab Emirates that a previous Vatican diplomatic