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Archdiocese asks faithful to pray to Curé of Ars for priests in Nicaragua
On the feast day of St. John Mary Vianney, Aug. 4, the Archdiocese of Managua, Nicaragua, called on the faithful... Read more
Ortega regime in Nicaragua violently shuts down Catholic radio stations
Nicaraguan police broke into Divine Mercy parish the night of Aug. 1 in the town of Sébaco in the Diocese... Read more
Costa Rican bishop receives Missionaries of Charity expelled from Nicaragua
Bishop Eugenio Salazar Mora of Tilarán-Liberia in Costa Rica greeted the nuns one by one and knelt as he greeted... Read more
Missionaries of Charity expelled from Nicaragua
The action is the latest in religious persecutions that have escalated there in the last four years. Read more
Ortega government orders dissolution of Missionaries of Charity in Nicaragua
The order to shut down the sisters and 100 other nongovernmental organizations was requested by a Sandinista legislator in a... Read more
190 attacks against Church in Nicaragua under Daniel Ortega since 2018, report says
The Ortega regime has "initiated an indiscriminate persecution" against the Catholic Church, the report says. Read more
Central American bishops support Nicaraguan clergy in face of persecution
The bishops’ conferences of Costa Rica and Panama expressed their solidarity with the people and Catholic clergy of Nicaragua, who... Read more
Nicaraguan bishop charges police, government persecution
Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos of Matagalpa has charged that the police of President Daniel Ortega’s government harassed him by... Read more
Nicaragua government expels Vatican diplomat
The Vatican called the decision an “unjustified unilateral measure.” Read more
Church asks people to vote their conscience in Nicaraguan general election
The Nicaraguan bishops’ conference called Thursday on citizens to act freely and to vote according to their conscience as the... Read more
Nicaraguan archdiocese warns that conditions for free elections don't exist
The Archdiocese of Managua on Tuesday deplored the arrests of presidential candidates that have taken place in the country, and... Read more
Ahead of general election, Nicaraguan archdiocese urges that abortion not be an election issue
The Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Managua stated Thursday that the "abominable crime" of abortion should not... Read more
Pope Francis urges Catholics to follow ‘God’s logic’
Pope Francis urged Catholics Sunday to follow “God’s logic” by taking responsibility for the welfare of others. Read more
Pope Francis deplores firebomb attack on Catholic cathedral in Nicaragua
Pope Francis deplored a firebomb attack on a cathedral in Nicaragua Sunday. Read more
Nicaragua Catholic cathedral attacked with firebomb
An unidentified man threw a firebomb into a chapel of Managua’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Friday, severely damaging... Read more
Nicaraguan bishops cancel annual pilgrimage, but mayor reportedly goes ahead
Local media in Nicaragua are reporting that despite the nation’s bishops’ conference suspending Mass and prohibiting large gatherings, the mayor... Read more
Nicaragua's Father Ernesto Cardenal dies at 95
Fr. Ernesto Cardenal, a Nicaraguan poet and Marxist liberation theology activist whose priestly faculties were long suspended for his assuming... Read more
Nicaraguan cardinal: Peace comes from dialogue, accepting differences
As political tensions continue in Nicaragua, the archbishop of Managua stressed that for peace to be achieved, people need to... Read more
After 8-day hunger strike, Nicaraguan mothers transported to hospital
A group of mothers who had been conducting a hunger strike in a Catholic church in Nicaragua have left the... Read more
Nicaraguan cardinal withholds judgement on amnesty law
The results of a Nicaraguan law granting amnesty to both anti-government activists and security forces will determine whether the legislation... Read more
