Nicaraguan Dictator Ortega Bans Ordinations in Dioceses of 4 Exiled Bishops
Having deported four bishops for their criticism of the regime, the Nicaraguan dictator seeks to punish them further by not allowing any ordinations in their dioceses.
Having deported four bishops for their criticism of the regime, the Nicaraguan dictator seeks to punish them further by not allowing any ordinations in their dioceses.
Trump administration announces plans to deport thousands of Nicaraguans who have been in this country for decades.
The commission’s report found that authorities had threatened and intimidated Catholic Nicaraguans.
The Nicaraguan government has lashed out at the Vatican following an interview that Bishop Rolando Álvarez gave last week to the Spanish-language edition of EWTN News in Rome.
In addition to the seminary, the regime also confiscated on Jan. 16 the La Cartuja Pastoral Center of the Diocese of Matagalpa.
Nicaraguan authorities released 135 political and religious prisoners following international pressure, but many critics of the government still remain behind bars amid the ongoing crackdown against political dissidents and religious organizations.
Updated report cites 870 attacks by the Nicaraguan dictatorship against the Catholic Church since 2018, the year there were widespread demonstrations against the authoritarian regime and its unpopular proposed reforms.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: Autocratic tendencies run deep in Latin American politics. But the same kinds of power grabs seem to be spreading like a virus to all corners of the globe, including here in the United States.
678 Catholic and evangelical NGOs have just been canceled.
Researcher says the dictatorship seeks to ‘exterminate’ the Catholic Church in Matagalpa.
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