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Despite persecution, ‘the Church is still alive in Nicaragua,’ priest says

January 30, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Daniel Ortega. / Credit: Harold Escalona / Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 30, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
Despite being persecuted by Daniel Ortega’s regime for years, “the Church is still alive in Nicaragua,” a priest from the country told ACI … […]

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Dictatorship in Nicaragua posts photos of Bishop Álvarez after U.S. calls for his release

January 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

A doctor carries out a medical examination of Bishop Rolando Álvarez on Jan. 2, 2024. / Credit: Government of Nicaragua

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
The dictatorship in Nicaragua headed by President Daniel Ortega and his wif… […]

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Four priests arrested in 2 days by Nicaraguan dictatorship

December 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 29, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
President Daniel Ortega’s dictatorship in Nicaragua has arrested three more priests: Monsignor Carlos Avilés, vicar general of the Arc… […]

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Witnesses testify to torture by Nicaraguan dictatorship at hearing on imprisoned Catholic bishop 

December 1, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Alliance Defending Freedom International

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 1, 2023 / 18:20 pm (CNA).
At a congressional hearing on Thursday, members of Congress and human rights activists u… […]

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Honduran bishop: Although Bishop Álvarez is in prison, he won’t be silent

July 26, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Rolando Álvarez. / Credit: Media Diocese – TV Merced

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 26, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
Bishop José Antonio Canales of the Diocese of Danlí in Honduras said in an interview with the Nicaraguan media Confidencial Digital tha… […]

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U.S. State Department official calls for release of imprisoned bishop, priest in Nicaragua

July 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Rolando Álvarez. / Credit: Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 17, 2023 / 16:50 pm (CNA).
The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian Nichols, has called for the dictatorship of President… […]

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5 years after massacre, Nicaragua dictatorship arrests priest, blocks return of another

July 11, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Father Fernando Zamora Silva. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Félix Maradiaga

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 11, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Five years after the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega massacred protesters in the Carazo area of Nicaragua in 2018, the regi… […]

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Bishop Alvarez sent back to prison after talks with Nicaraguan dictatorship break down

July 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Diocese of Matagalpa

Washington D.C., Jul 6, 2023 / 09:35 am (CNA).
Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos has been sent back to prison Wednesday after negotiations … […]

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Inter-American Court of Human Rights demands immediate release of Nicaraguan Bishop Álvarez

July 3, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, is monitored by police in early August 2022. / Photo credit: Diocese of Matagalpa

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 3, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has demanded that… […]

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Nicaraguan dictatorship places Sandinista flags in front of cathedral of imprisoned bishop

June 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

The flags of the Sandinista dictatorship in front of the Matagalpa Cathedral. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Martha Patricia Molina

ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 27, 2023 / 16:20 pm (CNA).
The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice Pre… […]

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