Given this, the Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Víctor Fernández, indicated through a half spanish that it was up to each bishop to discern the application of Fiducia supplians taking into account regional contexts.
7. The persecution against the Catholic Church in Nicaragua
On December 24, the second vicar of the Matagalpa Cathedral, Fr. Jader Guido, He was detained for 12 hours by the Nicaraguan dictatorship. This is because at the morning Mass the priest asked for his bishop, Mons. Rolando Álvarez, as well as for all the priests and religious of the diocese.
It is necessary to remember that Mons. Rolando Álvarez, Bishop of Matagalpa, has been in prison since February 10, 2023, when the regime of Daniel Ortega and his vice president and wife Rosario Murillo, condemned the prelate to more than 26 years in prisonunjustly accused of “traitor to the country.”