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Nicaragua releases and expels 19 clerics

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The 19 clerics were imprisoned in Nicaragua for speaking out against injustices and human rights violations, or merely for trying to operate freely. Bur concern ...

Nicaragua’s ‘Way of the Cross’

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"Demonstrations of popular piety such as the Way of Cross or processions have been forbidden and can no longer go from parishes out into the ...

A bishop in Nicaragua is sentenced to 26 years behind bars

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According to information from local news sources, the government has now taken to arresting and reprimanding priests who mention bishop Rolando Álvarez in their sermons, ...

‘An attempt to silence the Church in Nicaragua’

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“These events represent a further escalation in a spiral of confrontation. There is no easy solution. We must pray that there may be a peaceful ...

Nicaragua: worst hit by religious persecution in Latin America

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The study estimates that the figures it presents are lower than the actual number of attacks. “Cases were found where the priests were so tired ...

Nicaragua: bishop goes on hunger strike to protest police harassment

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Bishop Álvarez, who has taken refuge during in the parish of Santo Cristo de las Colinas, in Managua, accused the police of having set up ...

ACN-sponsored short film on young faithful’s plight in Nicaragua wins award

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his testimony helped me appreciate the efforts of every young person who chose to remain faithful to the Gospel message without fear of the consequences."
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In Nicaragua, arson targets a cathedral

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"These attacks against the faith of the Catholic people need to be carefully analyzed, in order to expose the ideological and physical perpetrators of this ...

Nicaragua’s ongoing crisis hampers the training of priests

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"What most impresses me is that there are people on the other side of the world who are helping us, people whom we will undoubtedly ...

Nicaragua: a Church on the side of the people works for peace

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“The Church is accompanying the process of dialogue that was initiated after the protests, but as a service to the country. We are not interested ...
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