Francis: "No More Martyrs" - Why the Bishop Had to Leave

Monsignor Silvio José Báez, 66, the Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua, left the country in 2019 to go into forced exile.

Before being appointed bishop in April 2009, Báez, who belongs to the Carmelite order, spent 30 years in Europe.

But in 2019, Francis asked the auxiliary bishop to leave Nicaragua for his own safety after he came into conflict with the government. "Francis literally told me that he didn't want another martyred bishop in Central America," Monsignor Báez told La Gaceta de Salamanca.

Báez now lives in Florida, United States.

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