In an interview with Argentinean media outlet, the pope compared the current Nicaraguan government to the “communist dictatorship of 1917.”
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The bishop’s arrest followed other moves by the Ortega regime targeted at the Catholic Church.
Miami archbishop offers to house exiled Nicaraguan priests, seminarians
“Most of the people expelled were politicians or candidates for public office that (Daniel) Ortega locked up before the elections,” the archbishop said, but among them were “four or five priests, a couple of seminarians, a deacon and an organist.”
Six churchmen, diocesan communicator sentenced to 10 years in prison in Nicaragua
The sentences highlighted the increasingly harsh repression against the Catholic Church from the regime of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo.
Nicaraguan proposal would toughen penalties for ‘undermining’ government
Nicaragua’s national assembly proposes toughening the penalties for “undermining national integrity” and could mean the eventual prosecution of priests and other civil society leaders for alleged involvement and support for protests.
Exiled bishop says he’s sure pope is working to help Nicaraguan prisoners
Bishop Baez’s comments were published April 10 in a wide-ranging interview that touched on his exile, the pope’s perceived silence on Nicaragua and the church’s role in facing the country’s increasingly despotic president.