Nicaraguan bishop still experiencing ‘severe social, political and economic crisis’

• Church in the Americas, Interviews
• Nov 5, 2019

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of the Diocese of Metagalpa, is the newest, youngest and shortest bishop in Nicaragua, appointed in 2011 at the age of 44. His diocese is severely affected by the violence from April of last year that left over 500 dead nationwide, but he said that he believes that today, “people have lost their fear.”