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Here’s where Christians continued to face persecution in 2023

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A screen grab from a video shared with ACI Africa that shows the parish house at St. Raphael Fadan Kamantan Catholic Church of the Diocese of Kafanchan in flames Sept. 7, 2023. / Credit: ACI Africa

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 30, 2023 / 09:5… […]

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Four priests arrested in 2 days by Nicaraguan dictatorship

December 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 29, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
President Daniel Ortega’s dictatorship in Nicaragua has arrested three more priests: Monsignor Carlos Avilés, vicar general of the Arc… […]

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Oregon mother appeals court ruling in religious discrimination adoption case

December 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Oregon resident Jessica Bates appealed a court’s ruling against her in a case alleging that the government is religiously discriminating against her by refusing to allow her to adopt children from the state system. / Credit: Alliance Defending F… […]

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Spanish lawyer, mom of 4, challenges country’s rosary ban

December 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Polonia Castellanos, founder of the Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dec 8, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
Growing numbers of Catholics continue to defy Spain’s socialist government by publicly … […]

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Witnesses testify to torture by Nicaraguan dictatorship at hearing on imprisoned Catholic bishop 

December 1, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Alliance Defending Freedom International

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 1, 2023 / 18:20 pm (CNA).
At a congressional hearing on Thursday, members of Congress and human rights activists u… […]

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Nicaraguan dictatorship releases new photos, video of imprisoned Bishop Álvarez

November 30, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Some photographs of Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez disseminated by the dictatorship of Nicaragua in November 2023. / Credit: Ministry of the Interior of Nicaragua

ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 30, 2023 / 09:30 am (CNA).
In response to demands for pr… […]

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Priest: Cuban government threatening religious who express opinion on country’s situation

July 24, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 24, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA).
Father Alberto Reyes, a priest of the Archdiocese of Camagüey in Cuba, recently stated that members of the Church who denounce the injustices that occur in the country get… […]

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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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UN human rights council passes religious hatred resolution amid U.S., European opposition

July 12, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

The Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, which houses the meeting room of the U.N. Human Rights Council. / Groov3 via Wikimedia (CC0 1.0).

Washington D.C., Jul 12, 2023 / 12:44 pm (CNA).
The United Nations Human Rights Council approved a c… […]

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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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