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The Daniel Ortega regime in Nicaragua continues its row with the Roman Catholic Church as it announced that it expelled imprisoned Bishop Rolando Alvarez and 18 other priests.
Nicaragua’s government on Sunday confirmed it released two Catholic bishops and 17 other imprisoned clergy members after negotiations with Vatican authorities, The Associated Press reported. Bishop Rolando Álvarez and the other clergy were imprisoned more than a year ago as part of President Daniel Ortega’s crackdown on and opposition to the Catholic Church. Ortega accused…
Bishop Alvarez is free and in Rome, along with another bishop, priests and seminarians. Vatican diplomacy secured their release and exile to the safety of Rome.