The Diocese of Matagalpa and its parishioners expressed solidarity with Monsignor Rolando Álvarez in the face of the siege and persecution suffered by the Ortega Police, and asked for the cessation of these actions, as well as respect for their freedoms.
“We ask the authorities involved to stop this behavior and respectfully allow each brother to develop their rights, freedoms and human and constitutional guarantees without obstacles and fear,” reads the statement signed by the Clergy and parishioners of the Diocese of Matagalpa, of which Álvarez is bishop.
The signatories called for “natural dialogue” for the reunion of Nicaraguan families and thus, together, “create a nation that respects the dignity of the person with justice and freedom.”
Both the Clergy and the parishioners recognized the difficult situation that the country is going through, of not being able to express themselves out loud, for which they considered that the persecution suffered by Monsignor Álvarez, as well as the other Nicaraguans, is to silence them in “their service to the TRUE”.
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Álvarez denounced this Thursday, May 19, that the Ortega Police had persecuted him all day on his tour of Managua on family visits he made to his niece and his paternal and maternal homes; and he considered this action as a “recruitment” of the harassment.
“The church is by your side”
Due to the intensification of the persecution sustained by the Police against Álvarez, the religious leader decided to start an “indefinite fast” until this situation ends.
“He is not alone, the church is by his side (…) We join our bishop in fasting and prayer in all the temples and chapels of our Diocese,” the statement said.
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“We exhort the brothers who exercise earthly power to be humble and sensible and also to respect the dignity of every person and in a particular way, to respect the anointed of the Lord,” the signatories highlighted.
This Thursday, the regime of Daniel and Ortega Murillo, through the Nicaraguan Telecommunications Institute (Telcor), ordered the cable companies to remove Canal Católico, the official media outlet of the country’s Catholic Church, from their grill.
On the other hand, the digital media Despacho 505 assured that Álvarez sent a report to Pope Francis to inform him of the worsening of the police persecution he is suffering.
