Tag: Nicaragua
Church repression deepens as another Nicaraguan bishop disappears: ‘No place for...
Another Nicaraguan bishop remains missing after being apprehended by police, drawing a rebuke from the United States for the ongoing "attacks on religious freedom"...
Central American bishops call for prayers as Nicaragua slides deeper into...
BUENOS AIRES -- In a moving letter, Pope Francis expressed his closeness with the people of Nicaragua as Central American bishops called for a...
Another group of exiled Nicaraguan priests arrives in Rome
VATICAN CITY -- Seven priests detained by police and paramilitaries in Nicaragua in early August have been exiled to Rome and arrived safely, the...
Nicaraguan regime continues exercising control over religious activities during Holy Week:...
CUERNAVACA, Mexico -- Catholics turned out in large numbers to celebrate Holy Week in Nicaragua. But the ruling Sandinista regime prohibited public exhibitions of...
Lifelong human-rights advocate Bianca Jagger calls Nicaragua’s purge of Catholic clergy...
LIVERPOOL, England -- Human rights defender Bianca Jagger has accused the Nicaraguan dictatorship of creating a spiritual vacuum in the country by its purge...
Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez released and exiled after spending over 500...
MEXICO CITY-- Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa has been released from prison and sent into exile along with 18 imprisoned churchmen as the Nicaraguan...
Lawmakers call for release of Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez at congressional...
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers and exiled Nicaraguan nationals at a congressional hearing Nov. 30 called for the release of Bishop Rolando Álvarez, a Catholic prelate...
Nicaragua expels 12 priests to Rome; Imprisoned Bishop Rolando Álvarez of...
BUENOS AIRES -- Nicaragua has expelled a dozen priests held as political prisoners as the increasingly tyrannical regime continues sending clergy into exile and...
Nicaraguan regime makes it illegal for Jesuits to operate in Central...
MEXICO CITY -- The Nicaraguan regime has extinguished the Jesuits' legal status and ordered the expropriation of its assets, effectively making it illegal for...
Mission of the Sisters Poor of Jesus Christ comes to an...
A group of Brazilian missionaries announced July 3 they have left their post in Nicaragua, becoming the latest community of women religious to leave...