Bishop Alvarez sent back to prison after talks with Nicaraguan dictatorship break down

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Diocese of Matagalpa Washington D.C., Jul 6, 2023 / 09:35 am (CNA). Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos has been sent back to prison Wednesday after negotiations between the Nicaraguan bishops and the government of dictator Daniel Ortega broke down, Nicaraguan news sources reported. […]

The Church’s Doctrinal Watchdog Is Still on Patrol

Jim McIntosh The 16th-century Palace of the Holy Office, located near St. Peter’s Basilica, is the seat of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith The appointment of a new prefect to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith with a ‘different’ mandate is not a repudiation of the importance of safeguarding the […]