No Let Up From Ortega During Holy Week: Priest Expelled and Traditions Banned in Nicaragua
The dictatorship hasn’t declared a truce in its persecution of the Catholic Church.
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Nicaraguans Respond to ‘Staged’ Prison Interview With Bishop Álvarez
Supporters express support for the imprisoned bishop in wake of video released by dictatorship.
Imprisoned Nicaraguan Bishop Álvarez Appears in Video Posted by Dictatorship
The video shows imprisoned bishop sharing a meal with his brother and sister.
Dictatorship in Nicaragua Bans Stations of the Cross in the Streets
The Daniel Ortega regime also accused the Church of being a ‘mafia.’
Cuban Bishops Ask the Faithful to Pray for the Church in Nicaragua on Ash Wednesday
In a Feb. 18 message, the Cuban prelates referenced Pope Francis’ request to pray for Nicaragua.
As Catholics Welcome Nicaraguan Exiles, Leading US Bishop Calls for Restoration of Human Rights
Archbishop Timothy Broglio said the Nicaraguan regime and its allies have been ‘implementing a policy of severe aggression against the Catholic Church in Nicaragua,’ including ‘calculated profanations of the Blessed Sacrament as a means of terrorizing the Nicaraguan faithful.’
Petition Demanding Release of Nicaraguan Bishop Delivered to Embassy in Mexico City
Demanded were the prompt release of Bishop Álvarez and that the Mexican government show solidarity with the Nicaraguan people and condemn the outrages of the Ortega regime.
Ortega Dictatorship in Nicaragua Expels Italian Priest From the Country
Father Cosimo Damiano Muratori was expelled after calling the prison sentence for Bishop Rolando Álvarez a ‘historic action.’
8 Nicaraguan Priests Expelled by Ortega Regime Celebrate Mass for First Time in 6 Months
A Washington, D.C., pastor describes the emotion-filled Mass and harrowing stories of prison life before the deportees were expelled from the country, along with hundreds of political prisoners.
Exiled Nicaraguan Felix Maradiaga: Catholic Church Is the ‘Voice of the People’ for Human Rights Amid the ‘Diabolic’ Ortega Regime
One of the 222 Nicaraguan political prisoners recently exiled to the U.S. speaks out about the regime’s persecution and how, in prison, ‘I had Jesus with me.’
