Exiled Nicaraguan Bishop Silvio Báez on Sunday called upon Catholic Faithful not to be “passive” against dictatorships that destroy democracies and threaten people’s liberties — stressing that remaining silent in the face of dictatorships “can make you an accomplice.”
\n\nAlthough Báez did not name any regime in specific, Vatican outlets attributed his remarks to the ongoing situation in Nicaragua under the communist regime led by dictatorial husband-and-wife couple Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
\n\nMonsignor Báez is the auxiliary Bishop of Managua and an outspoken critic of the Ortega regime. Since 2019, the priest has lived in exile in Miami, Florida as a result of the ruling communists’ relentless persecution of the Nicaraguan Catholic Church. The Ortega regime stripped Báez of his Nicaraguan citizenship alongside dozens of dissidents in 2023.
\n\nACI Prensa, the Spanish-language division of the Catholic News Agency, reports that the exiled priest celebrated Mass on Sunday at the St. Agatha Catholic Church in Miami. Báez called upon Christians to act as “sentinels of history” and to denounce injustices and abuses of power committed by dictatorial regimes. The Bishop published a transcript of his words at the exiled Nicaraguan outlet 100% Noticias.
\n\n“People need watchmen who will speak out…
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