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Ortega dictatorship in Nicaragua expels Italian priest from the country

February 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Father Cosimo Damiano Muratori. / Credit: Sanctuary Of The Servant Of God Odorico D Andrea

CNA Newsroom, Feb 17, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA).
The Nicaraguan dictatorship led by President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, has… […]

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Archdiocese of Miami offers to take in priests exiled from Nicaragua

February 15, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

St. Mary’s Cathedral in Miami. / Credit: Farragutful – Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

CNA Newsroom, Feb 15, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA).
The archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, announced that his archdiocese will receive with open arms the priests … […]

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Imprisoned Nicaraguan bishop deserves US support, religious freedom advocates say

February 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, is monitored by police in early August 2022. / Photo credit: Diocese of Matagalpa

Denver, Colo., Feb 14, 2023 / 16:52 pm (CNA).
The U.S. government must seek the release of Nicaragua’s Bishop Rola… […]

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Pope Francis asks Virgin Mary to intercede for Nicaragua after bishop sentenced to 26 years in prison

February 12, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis (left); Bishop Rolando Álvarez (right) / Vatican Media; Diocese of Matagalpa

Vatican City, Feb 12, 2023 / 08:20 am (CNA).
Pope Francis entrusted Nicaragua to the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin Mary on Sunday after Bishop Rol… […]

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BREAKING: Nicaragua’s dictatorship sentences Bishop Rolando Álvarez to 26 years in prison

February 10, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishop Rolando Álvarez. / Credit: Diocese of Matagalpa

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 10, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua sentenced on Friday, Feb. 10, the bishop of Matagalpa, Rolando Álvarez Lagos, to 26 years and… […]

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Why persecuted Nicaragua bishop turned down the chance to leave the country

February 10, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CC BY-SA 4.0)

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 10, 2023 / 14:45 pm (CNA).
Bishop Rolando Álvarez of the Diocese of Matagalpa refused to leave Nicaragua along with… […]

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BREAKING: Nicaragua deports more than 200 political prisoners to US, including Catholic priests

February 9, 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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European bishops call for release of Nicaraguan bishop due to stand trial for conspiracy

February 8, 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, Feb 8, 2023 / 15:25 pm (CNA).
The president of the Commission … […]

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Dictatorship in Nicaragua sentences seven more clergy and laity to 10 years in prison

February 7, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Newsroom, Feb 7, 2023 / 14:50 pm (CNA).
In a new attack on the Catholic Church, the Nicaraguan dictatorship led by President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, sentenced three priests, a … […]

The Dispatch

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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