Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, who has been a prominent critic of the government, was exiled to Rome earlier this year. The government has gone as far as to seize a prominent Jesuit-run ...

Bishop Alvarez and 8 other people were taken into custody. Nicaraguan police Friday raided the home of the Catholic Bishop Matagalpa, Rolando Alvarez, who has been under house arrest for the past ...

Bishop Rolando Álvarez very clearly believes he ... and he quotes him in his homilies. Alvarez, like Romero, is not afraid to say he is fully disposed to die for his flock if need be.

Nicaraguan authorities released from prison and deported Catholic Bishops Rolando Álvarez and Isidoro ... president “immediately” release Alvarez, 57, bishop of the diocese of Matagalpa ...

According to the Vatican, Nicaragua has exiled five groups of priests since 2022, most to the United States and Rome — including Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who was jailed for more than a year ...

including Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, during a protest outside the Nicaraguan embassy, in San Jose, Costa Rica, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez, file) ...