WelCom February 2024
In January, the Nicaraguan dictatorship of Daniel Ortega released and sent to the Vatican two imprisoned bishops along with 15 priests and seminarians. In tears, Managua Auxiliary Bishop Silvio José Báez, exiled due to persecution by the Ortega dictatorship, confirmed the news of the release of Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa and Bishop Isidoro Mora of Siuna and the remaining priests and seminarians: ‘Our pastors are free.’