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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 expels three nuns who were serving the elderly

April 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega on April 13, 2023, expelled from Nicaragua three nuns who were running a home for the elderly. / Credit: Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 14, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
In a new attack aga… […]

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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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Abandoned at the border: Priest tells how he was expelled from Nicaragua during Holy Week

April 11, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

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ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 11, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Father Donaciano Alarcón, a Claretian missionary expelled from Nicaragua by the dictatorship, described how the authorities leveled unfounded accusations against him, took him… […]

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Journalist in Nicaragua arrested for reporting on Holy Week

April 10, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 10, 2023 / 15:18 pm (CNA).
Organizations defending freedom of the press and freedom of speech in Nicaragua are demanding the release of Víctor Ticay, a Nicaraguan journalist who was arrested by the dict… […]

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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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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

Washin… […]

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Report: Nicaragua closes Vatican embassy in Managua, Nicaraguan embassy to Holy See

March 13, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

The faithful in Nicaragua participate in a pilgrimage in support of the bishops, July 28, 2018. / Photo credit: Javier Ruiz / Facebook Archdiocese of Managua

Rome Newsroom, Mar 13, 2023 / 04:15 am (CNA).
The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Orteg… […]

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