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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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House chairman: State Department is giving religious freedom violators ‘a pass’

July 19, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Residents of Ngbam, Benue state, Nigeria, on April 8, 2023, the day after gunmen killed at least 43 people and injured another 40. / Courtesy of Justice, Development, and Peace Commission

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 19, 2023 / 12:50 pm (CNA)… […]

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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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U.S. bishops call for release of Nicaraguan Bishop Álvarez 

July 13, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: ACN

Boston, Mass., Jul 13, 2023 / 12:32 pm (CNA).
Following failed negotiations with the regime of Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega to free the persecuted Bishop Rolando José Álvarez La… […]

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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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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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Nicaraguan dictatorship places Sandinista flags in front of cathedral of imprisoned bishop

June 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

The flags of the Sandinista dictatorship in front of the Matagalpa Cathedral. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Martha Patricia Molina

ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 27, 2023 / 16:20 pm (CNA).
The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice Pre… […]

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New report: More than 50% of people live in a country with serious religious persecution

June 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Diocese of Matagalpa

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 22, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA).
More than half of the global population lives in a country in which state or non-state actor… […]

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Dictatorship in Nicaragua freezes bank accounts of some priests

June 16, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Central Bank of Nicaragua. / Credit: Facebook of the Central Bank of Nicaragua

ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 16, 2023 / 16:45 pm (CNA).
The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, has ordered the bank accou… […]

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