Vatican confirms reception of 12 priests expelled from Nicaragua

Vatican confirmed this Thursday that he will receive 12 priests recently released from prison and expelled Nicaragua from his country.

Matteo BruniA Vatican spokesman said this.

I can confirm that the Holy See has been invited to receive 12 priests from Nicaragua who were recently released from prison. The Holy See has accepted, they will be received by an official of the Secretariat of State in the afternoon and housed in the premises of the Diocese of Rome.

The government that is headed Daniel Ortega In Nicaragua, 12 priests were released this Wednesday and, after an agreement, they were sent to the Vatican, although no bishop was found among the believers. Rolando Jose Alvarez Lagoswho refused to leave the country.

Daniel Ortega.

The priests released from prison and sent to the Vatican are: Manuel Salvador Garcia Rodriguez, Jose Leonardo Urbina Rodriguez, Jaime Ivan Montesinos Sauceda, Fernando Israel Zamora Silva, Osman Jose Amador Guillen and Julio Ricardo Norori Jimenez.

In addition to Cristobal Reynaldo Gadea Velazquez, Alvaro Jose Toledo Amador, Jose Ivan Centeno Tercero, Pastor Eugenio Rodriguez Benavides, Yessner Cipriano Pineda Meneses and Ramon Angulo Reyes.

Alvarez was sentenced last February to more than 26 years in prison for “treason” after he then refused to be deported from Nicaragua to the United States along with 222 other political prisoners.

Ortega called the Church a “mafia” and announced a severance of relations with the Vatican.

(according to information from EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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