March 11, 2023

FILE - Nicaraguan Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes presides over Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Feb. 12, 2023. In Nicaragua, Catholic leaders’ response to the government’s repression has been muted. Commenting last month on the imprisonment of Matagalpa Bishop Rolando Álvarez’s, Cardinal Brenes said, “Pray that the Lord gives him strength.” (AP Photo/Inti Ocon, File)