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Nicaraguan dictatorship trying to totally eradicate the faith, lawyer charges

March 20, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo (left) and her husband, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega / Credit: Inti Ocon/AFP via Getty Images

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 20, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
With Holy Week just a few days away, Catholics in Nic… […]

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Dictatorship in Nicaragua uses confiscated nuns’ home as migration office

February 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

The Sisters of the Fraternity of the Poor Ones of Jesus Christ / Credit: Facebook Fraternidade O Caminho

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 7, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
Researcher and lawyer Martha Patricia Molina has reported that the dictatorship of Daniel O… […]

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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 expels three priests; exiled bishop meets with Pope Francis

January 22, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 22, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA).
Researcher Martha Patricia Molina reported that the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Mu… […]

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Dictatorship in Nicaragua cancels legal personhood of 10 Catholic and evangelical NGOs

January 19, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Daniel Ortega. / Credit: Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 19, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
In a new attack against the Catholic Church and other Christians in Nicaragua, the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosar… […]

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Nicaraguan dictatorship releases Bishop Álvarez, brother bishop, and priests

January 14, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matalgalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Archdiocese of Managua

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 14, 2024 / 22:53 pm (CNA).
The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega on Sunday released and sent to the Vatican two imprisoned Nicaraguan bishops al… […]

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Hundreds pack Los Angeles church as exiled bishop, priest speak against Nicaragua regime

January 14, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Auxiliary Bishop Silvio Báez, at right in the background, and Father Edwing Román, foreground center, both of the Archdiocese of Managua in Nicaragua, process into St. Vincent de Paul Church in Exposition Park in Los Angeles for Mass on Jan. 6, … […]

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Ordination of 9 new priests represents hope for Church in Nicaragua

January 9, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, the archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua, on Jan. 6, 2024, ordained nine new priests in the midst of one of the worst waves of persecution against the Catholic Church in the country. / Credit: Archdiocese of Managua

ACI Pr… […]

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UN calls on Nicaragua to disclose where it is holding abducted Bishop Isidoro Mora

January 8, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega of Siuna, Nicaragua. / Credit: Diocese of Siuna Facebook

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 8, 2024 / 17:20 pm (CNA).
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called on the Nicarag… […]

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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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