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Nicaraguan police place Bishop Rolando José Álvarez under house arrest Aug. 4 at the diocesan chancery in Matagalpa, Nicaragua.

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EDITORIAL: Although the Vatican has offered a muted response, Pope Francis must do more to condemn human-rights abuses in Nicaragua before the Ortega regime exploits papal silence to justify its immoral actions.

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Bishop Rolando José Álvarez of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, was placed under house arrest by the police of Daniel Ortega's regime in early August 2022.

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The Nicaragua police also said that the Archbishop of Managua and vice president of the Nicaraguan Bishops Conference, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, visited Bishop Álvarez this morning.

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Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, is monitored by police in early August 2022.

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The niece of the bishop of Matagalpa, Yoselin Álvarez, reported this morning that the police also raided the house of the prelate's parents.

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