“I express our continued steadfast solidarity with our brothers in the Nicaraguan episcopate, along with their priests and foreign missionaries, in their calling to freely proclaim the Gospel and live the faith,” said Bishop David Malloy of Rockford (IL), chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, amid growing threats to the Church there.

“The faith of the Nicaraguan people, who stand in solidarity with their bishops and priests, is an inspiration for us all.”