“The Nicaraguan government has announced the release of two Catholic bishops, including Bishop Rolando Alvarez, a vocal critic of President Daniel Ortega, along with 13 priests and three seminarians, facilitating their relocation to Rome.”
“In today's Nicaragua, the government suppresses dissent, muzzling the media and expelling religious orders. This situation is even worse than the late 1980s repression in El Salvador, according to the Jesuit provincial in Central America at that time.”
“Exile or twenty-six years in jail: over two months ago, Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos of the Nicaraguan Diocese of Matagalpa faced that choice. He chose jail. Daniel Ortega, co-dictator of Nicaragua, was angered by the bishop's decision. ”
“The Nicaraguan government has forced the Holy See to close its embassy in the Central American country after Pope Francis described President Daniel Ortega's regime as a "crude dictatorship". Vatican News said Mgr. Marcel Diouf, the diplomat who had been overseeing the papal nunciature... ”
“Pope Francis has called for prayers for a bishop in Nicaragua who was recently sentenced to 26 years in prison for playing a leading role in opposing the Central American country's strongman president Daniel Ortega.”
“Now the bishop has been officially charged with crimes of conspiracy "for undermining national integrity and propagation of false news through information and communication technologies to the detriment of the State and Nicaraguan society."”
“"These things are difficult to understand," replied Pope Francis when asked by journalists on his flight back from Kazakhstan last month about what could have pushed the government of Nicaragua to harden its position against the Catholic Church over the course of just a few weeks.”
“A Catholic bishop in Nicaragua who has often accused the government of harassment is now under house arrest, with authorities alleging that he has incited violence. Bishop Rolando Jose Alvarez Lagos of Matagalpa has been prevented from leaving his residence since August 4”
“The Nicaraguan Church is persecuted, says Cardinal Leopold José Brenes Solórzano of Managua amid the Ortega regime's current wave of arresting people for political reasons. There are people in Nicaragua who "want to take away the strength of the Church"”
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