
Report: Nicaragua Closes Vatican Embassy in Managua, Nicaraguan Embassy to Holy See
The government of Nicaragua said March 12 the closures were a ‘suspension’ of diplomatic ties with the Holy See, not an official breaking.
The government of Nicaragua said March 12 the closures were a ‘suspension’ of diplomatic ties with the Holy See, not an official breaking.
‘Here we have a bishop in prison, a very serious man, very capable. He wanted to give witness and did not accept exile…’
John Paul II University issued a statement on March 8 about the government's action.
Bishop Álvarez refused to be deported along with 222 other political prisoners, who were flown to Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9 in a deal with the U.S. State Department.
Although the nuns didn’t mention anything in their communiqué about their residency status in Nicaragua, the General Directorate for Migration and Foreigners has issued summons to various religious and foreign missionaries in the last two weeks.
The Daniel Ortega regime also accused the Church of being a ‘mafia.’
The Nicaraguan dictator took the occasion to attack the Catholic Church.
In a Feb. 18 message, the Cuban prelates referenced Pope Francis’ request to pray for Nicaragua.
Archbishop Timothy Broglio said the Nicaraguan regime and its allies have been ‘implementing a policy of severe aggression against the Catholic Church in Nicaragua,’ including ‘calculated profanations of the Blessed Sacrament as a means of terrorizing the Nicaraguan faithful.’
Demanded were the prompt release of Bishop Álvarez and that the Mexican government show solidarity with the Nicaraguan people and condemn the outrages of the Ortega regime.
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