Pope Francis has expressed his grief at the jailing of a Nicaraguan Catholic bishop for 26 years on trumped-up charges of treason.
The Pontiff prayed for Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa during the Sunday Angelus in Rome.
The bishop was summarily imprisoned for 26 years last week after he refused to follow 222 other Nicaraguan priests, seminarians and political activists into exile in the United States.
Pope Francis said: “The news from Nicaragua has grieved me a great deal, and I cannot but remember with concern Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, whom I love so much.
