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Making sense of the Vatican’s approach to dictatorial regimes

January 26, 2023 Russell Shaw 13

Why hasn’t Pope Francis spoken up forcefully about the oppression of the Church by dictatorial regimes in China and Nicaragua? It’s a fair question whose answer can perhaps be found in the precedent of several […]

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Prosecution accused of fabricating witnesses for trial of Nicaraguan bishop

January 23, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Rolando Álvarez. / Credit: Diocese of Matagalpa

CNA Newsroom, Jan 23, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA).
An exiled priest, Father Erick Díaz, and a human rights defender, attorney Yader Morazán, have charged that the dictatorship of President Daniel… […]

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Meet the priest the Nicaraguan dictatorship wants to put away for eight years

January 21, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Father Oscar Benavidez was found guilty of two crimes on Jan. 16, 2023. / YouTube EWTN Noticias

CNA Newsroom, Jan 21, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Father Oscar Benavidez was found guilty of two crimes at a Jan. 16 trial riddled with irregularities an… […]

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Four Latin American countries among the top 50 most dangerous in the world for Christians

January 19, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Newsroom, Jan 19, 2023 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
The Open Doors organization has published an updated ranking of the top 50 countries in the world where Christians are most persecuted, and four Latin American nations hav… […]

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BREAKING: Supreme Court failed to find source of leaked opinion overturning Roe v. Wade

January 19, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

The scene outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., after the court released its decision in the Dobbs abortion case on June 24, 2022. Pro-abortion demonstrators gradually made up a decided majority of the crowd as the day wore on. / K… […]

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Blessed Sacrament desecrated in church in Nicaragua

January 18, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Unidentified individuals on Jan. 15, 2023, desecrated the Blessed Sacrament in Our Lady of the Abandoned Catholic Church in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. / Credit: Our Lady of the Abandoned Parish – San Rafael Sur

CNA Newsroom, Jan 18, 202… […]

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Nicaraguan priest found guilty, sentenced to eight years in prison for ‘conspiracy’

January 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Oscar Benavidez. / Credit: Parish of the Holy Spirit of Mulukukú, Nicaragua

CNA Newsroom, Jan 17, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua has found a Catholic priest, imprisoned since August 2022, … […]

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Catholic bishop arrested by dictatorship in Nicaragua to be put on trial

January 10, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua (on the left), during his hearing on Jan. 10, 2023. / Credit: Judiciary of Nicaragua

CNA Newsroom, Jan 10, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who has been held under house arrest in Nic… […]

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Biden announces crackdown on illegal immigration ahead of visit to El Paso

January 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

U.S. President Joe Biden / Credit: White House – Public Domain

Denver, Colo., Jan 6, 2023 / 17:15 pm (CNA).
President Joe Biden will visit the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday, days after his administration announced several changes in immigration … […]

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Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega: ‘I never had respect for the bishops’

December 21, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega / Credit: Flickr Foreign Ministry of Ecuador (CC BY-SA 2.0)

CNA Newsroom, Dec 21, 2022 / 11:27 am (CNA).
The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, once again attacked the Catholic Church in the Central Americ… […]

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