Silvio Báez, the exiled auxiliary bishop of Managua, decried the persecution of the Church in Nicaragua but also expressed his hope that change is possible, placing his trust in Jesus Christ. […]
While it may appear that the Church in Nicaragua is buckling under pressure, it is holding out within the limits of what it can do and its silence should not be misinterpreted. […]
Mata was detained on June 29, released the same day, and as of June 30 reportedly is under house arrest. At a June 28 Mass he asked for prayers for the persecuted Church, triggering retaliation. […]
In retaliation for asking for prayers for the persecuted Church at a Mass he celebrated, the bishop was held for several hours by police, part of an ongoing campaign of harassment of clergy. […]
Nicaraguan auxiliary bishop Silvio Báez, reflecting on Jesus’ empowering of the Twelve Apostles to drive out demons, drew an analogy to resisting today’s dictatorships. […]
The move places increased pressure on the dictatorship, which for years has carried out systematic persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua. […]
The Ortega dictatorship portrayed the death of Brooklyn Rivera as simply from natural causes without mentioning his detention or prison conditions that critics claim actually led to his death. […]
“Everything has to be vetted by the government, especially what priests are going to preach on Sunday,” said Rosalia Gutierrez-Huete Miller in a panel discussion on human rights in Nicaragua. […]
The Ortega regime’s repression of the Catholic Church could not silence God’s call to Cristhian Mendieta. Having fled Nicaragua as a seminarian, the young man was ordained to the priesthood in Miami. […]
A priest in Nicaragua details conditions in the country as the Catholic Church continues to operate under intense persecution, including surveillance of clergy and restrictions on activities. […]
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