Catholic Bishops of Central America Unite in Prayer for Bishop of Nicaragua - Unjustly Sentenced to 26 Years in Prison
Bishops of Central America: united and in solidarity with the Church of Nicaragua and with Monsignor Rolando Álvarez
FEBRUARY 13, 2023 ÁNGEL MORILLO COVER, LATEST NEWS
The Episcopal Conferences of Central America have turned to express their solidarity with the Church of Nicaragua and have repudiated the unjust sentence to 26 years in prison of Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, Bishop of Matagalpa and Apostolic Administrator of Estelí.
Thus, the Conferences of Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, members of SEDAC (Secretariat of the Episcopate of Central America) spoke out emphatically rejecting the violation of human rights in Nicaragua by the Daniel Ortega regime.
This Sunday, February 12, during the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis himself expressed his concern about what happened to Don Rolando Álvarez "whom I love so much and also to the people who have been deported to the United States."
“I pray for them and for all those who suffer in that beloved nation. Let us ask God, through the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, to open the hearts of political leaders to the search for peace, which is born of truth, justice, freedom and love, and which is achieved through patient exercise of dialogue”, Francisco delimited.
"This situation hurts us"
The Panamanian Bishops, after condemning the measure against Monsignor Álvarez, pointed out that "the situation of those brothers who have been deported from their homeland to the United States also hurts and saddens us."
“We echo the words of Pope Francis to pray for all those who suffer in our sister Nicaragua and to invoke the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, patron saint of that nation, to open the hearts of political leaders and all citizens to the sincere search for peace, which is born from the truth”, they have said.
FEBRUARY 13, 2023 ÁNGEL MORILLO COVER, LATEST NEWS
The Episcopal Conferences of Central America have turned to express their solidarity with the Church of Nicaragua and have repudiated the unjust sentence to 26 years in prison of Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, Bishop of Matagalpa and Apostolic Administrator of Estelí.
Thus, the Conferences of Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, members of SEDAC (Secretariat of the Episcopate of Central America) spoke out emphatically rejecting the violation of human rights in Nicaragua by the Daniel Ortega regime.
This Sunday, February 12, during the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis himself expressed his concern about what happened to Don Rolando Álvarez "whom I love so much and also to the people who have been deported to the United States."
“I pray for them and for all those who suffer in that beloved nation. Let us ask God, through the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, to open the hearts of political leaders to the search for peace, which is born of truth, justice, freedom and love, and which is achieved through patient exercise of dialogue”, Francisco delimited.
"This situation hurts us"
The Panamanian Bishops, after condemning the measure against Monsignor Álvarez, pointed out that "the situation of those brothers who have been deported from their homeland to the United States also hurts and saddens us."
“We echo the words of Pope Francis to pray for all those who suffer in our sister Nicaragua and to invoke the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, patron saint of that nation, to open the hearts of political leaders and all citizens to the sincere search for peace, which is born from the truth”, they have said.
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