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Freed Nigerian priest recounts details of his kidnapping by insurgents

September 7, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Formerly detained Father Oliver Opara (left) with Ummi Hassan; Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Diocese of Sokoto (not an abductee); Father Stephen Ojapah; and Hassan Fareed Hassan after the four were released from being held captive by terrorists. /… […]

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Crowd prays rosary at Colombia’s El Dorado airport to demand reopening of Catholic chapel

September 7, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver Newsroom, Sep 7, 2022 / 07:00 am (CNA).
A large group of people prayed the rosary inside the El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, asking that the Catholic chapel located the… […]

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Bishop: Those who closed Colombia airport chapel will ‘have to give an account to God’

September 1, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop of Fontibón, Colombia, Juan Vicente Córdoba laments in an Aug. 29, 2022, video that the chapel of the El Dorado International Airport, located in his diocese, was forced to close despite the fact that there was an agreement until the year… […]

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Republican lawmakers demand DOJ act on anti-Catholic attacks

August 31, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

The altar of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Brooklyn, New York, was damaged by vandals in May 2022. / DeSales Media Group

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 31, 2022 / 16:05 pm (CNA).
A group of Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Attorney Gene… […]

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El Chipote: The torture prison where the Nicaraguan dictatorship is holding priests

August 25, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

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Denver Newsroom, Aug 25, 2022 / 06:00 am (CNA).
El Nuevo Chipote, or simply El Chipote, opened in February 2019 to replace the old prison of the same name and was soon known as a torture prison, where the Nicaraguan dictatorship… […]

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Priests confront dictatorship in Nicaragua: ‘Let us work in peace!’

August 23, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua / Public Domain

Denver Newsroom, Aug 23, 2022 / 15:36 pm (CNA).
The priests of the Diocese of Estelí in Nicaragua called on the authorities of the dictatorial regime of Daniel Ortega to convert, to allow the… […]

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Faithful hold Marian procession in Nicaragua despite repression and persecution

August 23, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Faithful Catholics of the Diocese of León, Nicaragua, participate in the annual procession of the image of Our Lady of Mercy, the patroness of the diocese, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. / Photo courtesy of the Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy

Denv… […]

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Police harassment forces priest to celebrate Mass outside church in Nicaragua

August 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

The faithful gather for Mass behind the fence of the church as the parochial vicar celebrates Mass in the atrium of Santa Lucía Parish in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Aug. 16, 2022. / Photo credit: Diócesis Media – Radio Stereo Santa Lucía

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Persecuted bishop in Nicaragua tells faithful to overcome evil with good

August 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

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

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 12, 2022 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
The bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Rolando Álvarez, who has been kept un… […]

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The history behind the persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua

August 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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

Denver Newsroom, Aug 12, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).
A bishop under house arrest, priests harassed by the police, the M… […]

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