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Dictatorship in Nicaragua withholds more than $500,000 donated by CRS to the Church

June 7, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Diocese of Estelí, Nicaragua. / Credit: Visit Nicaragua, official portal of the Marca País (Nicaragua)

ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 7, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).
A recent investigation by the Nicaraguan newspaper El Co… […]

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Dictatorship in Nicaragua accuses Catholic Church of money laundering

May 30, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Daniel Ortega. / Credit: Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, May 30, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
The Nicaraguan National Police, controlled by the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, published a statement… […]

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In 5 years the Church in Nicaragua has suffered more than 500 attacks, 90 in 2023 alone

May 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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ACI Prensa Staff, May 4, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Researcher and lawyer Martha Patricia Molina on May 3 presented the third installment of her report “Nicaragua: A Persecuted Church?”The document gives an account of th… […]

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Nicaragua regime’s harassment of Catholics demands a response, US bishops say

April 21, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop José Álvarez Lagos surrounded by police officers on Aug. 4, 2022. / Diocese Media TV Merced / Diocese of Matagalpa

Denver, Colo., Apr 21, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).
Ongoing religious persecution of Nicaraguan Catholics, including major incid… […]

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Exiled Nicaraguan bishop calls new verbal attacks by Ortega a sign of ‘desperation’

April 18, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Daniel Ortega / Bishop Silvio Báez. / Credit: Ricardo Patiño (CC BY-SA 2.0) / Credit: Facebook Silvio José Báez

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 18, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Auxiliary Bishop Silvio Báez of Managua, Nicaragua, who is living in exile in the U… […]

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Dictatorship in Nicaragua confiscates monastery and arrests 20 people during Holy Week

April 13, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

The Trappist Sisters of Nicaragua announced Feb. 27, 2023, that they are leaving Nicaragua for Panama. / Credit: Facebook Trappist Sisters of Nicaragua

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 13, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega… […]

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No let up from Ortega during Holy Week: Priest expelled, traditions banned in Nicaragua

April 5, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Danie Ortega. / Credit: Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 5, 2023 / 15:20 pm (CNA).
The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, hasn’t declared a truce in its persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua,… […]

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Nicaraguans respond to ‘staged’ prison interview with Bishop Álvarez

March 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CC BY-SA 4.0)

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 28, 2023 / 09:15 am (CNA).
The auxiliary bishop of Managua, Silvio Báez, who lives in exile in the United States, c… […]

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Imprisoned Nicaraguan Bishop Álvarez appears in video posted by dictatorship

March 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Rolando Álvarez in "La Modelo" prison, March 25, 2023. / Credit: Courtesy

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 27, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA).
El 19 Digital, a news media outlet supportive of the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, posted … […]

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Exiles describe Nicaragua regime’s ‘unholy war against the Catholic Church’ at congressional hearing

March 23, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Nicaraguan political prisoner Juan Sebastian Chamorro speaks to the press ouside a hotel in Herndon, Virginia, on Feb. 9, 2023, after he was released by the Nicaraguan government. / Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images

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