Has the Nicaraguan Church been bullied into silence?

Catholic leaders in the country may opt for silence as they wait to see how an uncertain future unfolds.

For the most part, persecution against the Church in Nicaragua has fallen out of the global spotlight since January, when two bishops and a group of priests and seminarians were exiled from the Central American country.

The Nicaraguan dictatorship is not believed to have imprisoned any more priests since Bishop Rolando Álvarez, Bishop Isidoro Mora and th…