VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said on Sunday he was "concerned" by rising tensions between the government and the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, two days after bishop and regime critic Rolando Alvarez was detained.

Francis said he was following "closely with concern and sorrow" the situation in the central American nation, amid a worsening standoff between the Church and a regime accused of increasing authoritarianism.

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