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Msgr. Silvio Baez, center, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Managua, embraces members of the National Elderly Union, in the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua, June 23, 2013. Baez left the country in 2019 at the Vatican's request, a transfer that was lamented by the opposition and celebrated by the ruling Sandinistas. (AP file/Esteban Felix)
Msgr. Silvio Baez, center, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Managua, embraces members of the National Elderly Union, in the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua, June 23, 2013. (AP file/Esteban Felix)