Vatican’s Political Theater Masks Betrayal of Nicaragua’s True Catholics
The Catholic News Agency portal (November 13, 2025) reports that antipope Leo XIV received Rolando Álvarez, the former “bishop” of Matagalpa exiled by Nicaragua’s Ortega regime. The article frames this meeting as an “audience of hope and ecclesial communion,” quoting exiled Nicaraguan “priests” praising the encounter as “a significant moment for our Nicaraguan Church.” Former ambassador Arturo McFields calls Leo XIV “a lion of faith” interested in Nicaragua’s persecuted believers. The report omits any mention of doctrinal fidelity while emphasizing geopolitical narratives about Church-state conflict.









