A Nicaraguan government delegation headed by Foreign Minister Denis Moncada signed this Wednesday the book of condolences for the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who ruled from 2005 until his historic resignation in 2013.
A source from the Nicaraguan Presidency reported that Moncada and members of the Government Cabinet of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega signed the condolences at the headquarters of the Apostolic Nunciature, located in the southwest of Managua.
The condolences were signed before the secretary at the Apostolic Nunciature, Marcel Mbaye Diouf, in charge of the headquarters since the Nicaraguan government expelled the nuncio Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag, in March 2022, in the context of the friction between Ortega and the Catholic Church. , an action that the Vatican described as “unjustified”.
The Vice President and First Lady of Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, affirmed that the government delegation was present at the Apostolic Nunciature “to ratify the solidarity of the people and government of Nicaragua at this time of transit of the emeritus pope to another and eternal plane of life ”.
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Regarding faith, the first lady affirmed that “now in Nicaragua a different panorama is presented, where there are families of all Christian faiths.”
According to official data, 58.5% of the 6.6 million Nicaraguans consider themselves Catholic.
Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, Benedict XVI died this Saturday at the age of 95 in the Vatican monastery where he had resided since his historic resignation.
The emeritus pope’s funeral is scheduled for this Thursday in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, where more than 60,000 people are expected to attend, as well as 400 bishops, 4,000 priests and 1,000 journalists.
