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A group of Nicaraguan priests imprisoned in Nicaragua were released this Sunday and sent to the Vatican, among them, according to local press and activists, Bishop Rolando Alvarez,
A group of Nicaraguan priests imprisoned in Nicaragua were released this Sunday and sent to the Vatican, among them, according to local press and activists, Bishop Rolando Alvarez, sentenced in February 2023 to 26 years and 4 months in prison for crimes are considered betrayal of the country.
“The Ortega-Murillos want to leave Nicaragua without priests. Another plane full of shepherds leaving the city for exile,” reported Nicaraguan priest exiled Uriel Vallejos, who supported Free Nicaragua, the Catholic Church, exiled priests, and Nicaraguan exiles in general.
According to the Nicaraguan press, among those released and sent to the Vatican Bishop Rolando Alvarez is here.
Nicaraguan lawyer and activist Jonarqui Martinez told EFE that authorities had released all imprisoned believers, including Bishops Alvarez and Isidoro Mora, 13 priests and three seminarians.
Currently, the government headed by Daniel Ortega Nicaragua has not confirmed this information.
Release religious In Nicaragua comes 14 days after Pope Francis, after praying the first Angelus of the year, expressed “concern” about the arrest Catholic priests in Nicaragua and called for “always looking for a path of dialogue” to overcome problems.
Also nearly three weeks after the United States demanded that Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega “immediately” release Rolando Alvarez57 years old, Bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Esteli, both in northern Nicaragua.
Moreover, nine days after the Office of the High Commissioner UN Human Rights (Oaknud) for Central America will demand that the Ortega government report the location Bishop Isidoro Morawho had been in custody since December 20 last year at the height of a wave of arrests of Catholic believers.
On October 18, the Nicaraguan government released 12 priests and sent them to the Vatican after an agreement with the Holy See, although Bishop Alvarez was not among them, who resisted. leave the country.
Earlier, on February 9, 2023, the authorities released and sent 8 more priests to the United States, as well as 222 Nicaraguan political prisoners.
Relations between the Ortega government and the Catholic Church are experiencing moments of great tension, characterized by the expulsion and imprisonment of priests, ban on religious activitiesand suspension of diplomatic relations.
Nicaragua has been in crisis since April 2018, which has worsened since the November 2021 elections, in which Ortega was re-elected to a fifth term, his fourth in a row and his second with his wife. Rosario Murilloas Vice President, with his main rivals in prison.
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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