Francisco, the pop Pope

Nicaragua’s husbands and co-chairs, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, lamented on Monday the death of Pope Francis, with whom they acknowledged that they had “difficult” and “accidental” relations that led Managua to officially suspend its diplomatic ties with the Vatican. “Our relations, as Nicaraguan believers, devotees and faithful to the doctrine of Christ Jesus, [...]

It failed to reverse the trend towards the institution's loss of relevance, which began to depend, more than ever, on the Pope's own popularity. Opinion of Paula Borges Santos

With Daniela Rodrigues and Pedro Carvalhas.