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Nicaragua’s Ortega regime blocks bishop from leaving diocesan offices to celebrate Mass

August 5, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 5, 2022 / 15:11 pm (CNA).
Riot police from the Nicaraguan government blocked the bishop of Matagalpa… […]

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Archdiocese asks faithful to pray to Curé of Ars for priests in Nicaragua

August 4, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes of Managua, Nicaragua, in a priestly ordination ceremony. / Lázaro Gutiérrez B. / Archdiocese of Managua

Denver Newsroom, Aug 4, 2022 / 14:33 pm (CNA).
On the feast day of St. John Mary Vianney, known as the Holy Curé o… […]

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Ortega regime in Nicaragua violently shuts down Catholic radio stations

August 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

Police arrive the night of Aug. 1 at Divine Mercy parish in the town of Sébaco in the Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. The parish broadcast live on Facebook the arrival of the police at the parish doors as well as their entry by force. / Faceboo… […]

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Costa Rican bishop receives Missionaries of Charity expelled from Nicaragua

July 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Eugenio Salazar Mora kneels before the superior of the Missionaries of Charity expelled from Nicaragua on July 6, 2022. / Credit: Facebook / Video capture

Cañas, Costa Rica, Jul 12, 2022 / 09:35 am (CNA).
The bishop of Tilarán-Liberia in… […]

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Missionaries of Charity expelled from Nicaragua

July 7, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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

Managua, Nicaragua, Jul 7, 2022 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, which has been in power for 15 years, expelled 18 … […]

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Ortega government orders dissolution of Missionaries of Charity in Nicaragua

June 29, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Missionaries of Charity / Credit: Willuconquer (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Denver Newsroom, Jun 29, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
The Nicaraguan Ministry of the Interior has ordered the closure of 101 nongovernmental organizations, including the Missionaries of Ch… […]

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190 attacks against Church in Nicaragua under Daniel Ortega since 2018, report says

June 10, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega during the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution at "La Fe" square in Managua on July 19, 2019. / Getty Images

Denver Newsroom, Jun 10, 2022 / 14:45 pm (CNA).
In less tha… […]

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Central American bishops support Nicaraguan clergy in face of persecution

May 24, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Daniel Ortega celebrates his re-inauguration as president of Nicaragua, Jan. 10, 2012. / Cancilleria del Ecuador via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Lima, Peru, May 24, 2022 / 15:03 pm (CNA).
The bishops’ conferences of Costa Rica and Panama expressed t… […]

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Nicaraguan bishop charges police, government persecution

May 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Protests in Granada, Nicaragua, April 29, 2018. / Riderfoot/Shutterstock.

Mexico City Newsroom, May 20, 2022 / 17:25 pm (CNA).
Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos of Matagalpa has charged that the police of President Daniel Ortega’s government ha… […]

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Nicaragua government expels Vatican diplomat

March 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Daniel Ortega celebrates his re-inauguration as president of Nicaragua, Jan. 10, 2012. / Cancilleria del Ecuador via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Vatican City, Mar 12, 2022 / 05:10 am (CNA).
The Nicaraguan government has ended its approval for a Vati… […]

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