January 20, 2024 / 01:06 PM
Pope Francis received this Saturday at the Vatican Mons. Silvio José Báez, Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua) who has been living in exile for some years. The meeting occurs a few days after the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega allowed the departure of two bishops, 15 priests and two seminarians to Rome.
The Vatican Press Office briefly announced the news, noting that “the Holy Father Francis received in audience this morning” “Mons. Silvio José Báez Ortega, Titular Bishop of Zica, Auxiliary of Managua (Nicaragua)”, without giving further details.
The audience of the Pope and Bishop Báez took place two days after Archbishop Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Vatican, said in a press conference that “it was not easy” to achieve the departure of the 19 Catholic leaders. from Nicaragua.