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Nicaraguan lawyer: 65 women religious have been expelled from the country since 2022

July 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Missionaries of Charity leave Nicaragua on July 6, 2022. / Credit: P. Sunil Kumar Adugula

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 31, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).
Researcher and lawyer Martha Patricia Molina, a member of the editorial board of the newspaper La Prensa,… […]

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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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Dictatorship in Nicaragua freezes fund for retired priests

July 25, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 25, 2023 / 16:10 pm (CNA).
In a new attack against the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, ha… […]

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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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Catholic Church is most credible institution in Nicaragua, CID Gallup poll finds

July 12, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

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

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 12, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA).
A new survey commissioned by the Nicaraguan media outlet Confidencial and conducted by market researcher CID Gallup… […]

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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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Congressman renews request to visit bishop imprisoned by Nicaraguan dictatorship

July 7, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, during the indictment presented by the dictatorship of Nicaragua on Jan. 10, 2023. / Credit: Judiciary of Nicaragua

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 7, 2023 / 12:27 pm (CNA).
U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (R-… […]

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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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Dictatorship in Nicaragua confiscates convent of sisters it abducted and expelled

July 5, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 5, 2023 / 13:27 pm (CNA).
In a new attack against the Catholic Church, the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega in Nicarag… […]

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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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