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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 1

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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 5

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

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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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Dictatorship in Nicaragua prohibits Immaculate Conception procession

November 29, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Image of the Immaculate Conception of the Parish of San José de Tipitapa, Nicaragua / Credit: Parish of San José de Tipitapa

CNA Newsroom, Nov 29, 2022 / 13:39 pm (CNA).
The Ortega dictatorship is once again attacking the Catholic Church in Nic… […]

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