In Leo’s diplomatic approach to Nicaragua, timing will be key

In Leo’s diplomatic approach to Nicaragua, timing will be key

Pope Leo XIV received Bishop Rolando Álvarez in a Nov. 13 audience, marking the first meeting between the bishop — who spent more than a year in Nicaraguan prisons on conspiracy charges — and the new pope.The audience comes two months after the pope received three other exiled Nicaraguan bishops at the Vatican.The string of recent meetings has prompted speculation about whether the Vatican is starting to shift its approach to the country, in whi…