Instagram priest takes to Venezuela's streets 'with the people'


  • World
  • Thursday, 13 Jun 2019

Venezuelan priest Luis Antonio Salazar talks to local residents as they receive a charity lunch at Chiquinquira Catholic church in Caracas, Venezuela June 1, 2019. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan priest Luis Antonio Salazar has built a solid social media following over the past two years preaching the Bible over Instagram, breaking the mould of the country's conservative Catholic church.

Now he has raised his profile further by showing his support for opposition leader Juan Guaido and joining massive anti-government protests dressed in his cassock, offering blessings one moment and running from tear gas the next.

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