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Nicaraguan bishop Rolando Alvarez and 18 priests arrive in Rome after release

Nicaragua’s government has released a prominent Catholic bishop and 18 other clergy members imprisoned during a crackdown by President Daniel Ortega. Vatican authorities have welcomed Bishop Rolando Alvarez and the other clergy to Rome. They were jailed more than a year ago, in most cases, as part of a crackdown on the opposition and Catholic […]