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In an escalation of repression against the Catholic Church and its priests, the son of the dictators Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, Juan Carlos Ortega Murillo, published a tweet as a sign

The Catholic parishioners of Ciudad Darío, in Matagalpa, went out in procession through the streets of that town in the center of the country with the Blessed Sacrament to express their support

Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Managua, expressed that the Church has always experienced “special situations” when consulted by Article 66 for the persecution, siege and harassment that the

More than thirty officers of the National Police —on foot, in patrols and on motorized vehicles— monitor and prevent vehicular and pedestrian access to the Santo Cristo parish, located at the second

In his Sunday homily this May 22, the Bishop of Matagalpa, Monsignor Rolando Álvarez Lagos, advocated the construction of a country where “we all reach”, where there are no exclusions or migrants.

The Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Monsignor Silvio Jose Baezassured this Sunday, May 22, that the The Catholic Church “does not kneel in fear before the powerful” and that “it will not be

Monsignor Rolando Álvarez Lagos, bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Estelí, denounced that two priests were insulted and verbally assaulted by the police officers who

The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) expressed its solidarity with Monsignor Rolando José Álvarez, bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Estelí, who began fasting and

Kenya Soto busily pats a tortilla, stops short, and spins quickly to flip others that cook on a glowing metal griddle. Two companions continue clapping, while Kenya checks the ones she has

The bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) issued this Sunday morning, May 22, a statement confirming the difficult situation that the Nicaraguan Church is experiencing under the increasing siege to