“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.”
“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.”
“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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