![One priest and seven deacons were ordained July 20 in the Matagalpa cathedral by the president of the Nicaraguan Bishops’ Conference. One priest and seven deacons were ordained July 20 in the Matagalpa cathedral by the president of the Nicaraguan Bishops’ Conference.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024072216070_f5f9c9fcbc650aac1cfec8dfa047a7c77edf0c7d8eadc59ea002f1f0713a4620.jpg)
First Ordinations Take Place in Nicaraguan Diocese Since Exile of Bishop Álvarez
For the first time since Álvarez was exiled, one priest and seven deacons were ordained July 20 in the Matagalpa cathedral.
For the first time since Álvarez was exiled, one priest and seven deacons were ordained July 20 in the Matagalpa cathedral.
According to the Ministry of the Interior agreement, the accusation against these institutions is not having reported their financial statements.
Nicaraguan lawyer and researcher Martha Patricia Molina, author of the investigative report titled “Nicaragua: A Persecuted Church?”, has been tracking the attacks of the Ortega and Murillo regime on the Catholic Church since 2018.
Nicaraguan researcher and lawyer Martha Patricia Molina said the parishes that have been left without priests currently do not have Mass, but only the Liturgy of the Word
The U.S. Department of State over the weekend announced visa restrictions against dozens of Nicaraguan officials amid broad civil-liberties violations from the country’s government, including the seizure of a Jesuit university in the country’s capital city.
The newspaper La Prensa reported that in recent months the dictatorship of Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, has denied entry to Nicaragua “to more than half a dozen priests and lay people, most of them Nicaraguan citizens.”
On Aug. 9, the regime frozen the bank accounts of the Central American University, run by the Society of Jesus.
Molina explained that several retired priests reported that they had been notified that the transfer of the money was blocked.
The latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) evaluated by Transparency International placed Nicaragua as the most corrupt country in Central America.
CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, Molina noted that “the Political Constitution of Nicaragua prohibits confiscation, but it has already become a common practice under the dictatorship, just like in the 1980s.”
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