Nicaragua
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Bishop Báez on Nicaragua: ‘The people’s wounds will be scars healed by the love of God’
Amid the fierce persecution against the Catholic Church by the regime of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife and…
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Churches packed in Nicaragua for Holy Week amid restrictions and police presence
Nicaragua’s churches were “filled with the faithful” during Holy Week 2026 despite continued governmental restrictions and persecution, according to Father…
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Miami archbishop, top U.S. diplomat decry persecution of Church in Nicaragua during Holy Week
During Holy Week, the archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, and the second-in-command at the U.S. State Department, Deputy Secretary Christopher…
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Exiled Bishop Báez of Nicaragua: ‘For the Church, this is not a time for silence’
Silvio Báez, the exiled auxiliary bishop of Managua, Nicaragua, said in a homily on Jan. 25 that “freedom and democratization…
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Catholic News - Americas
Nuns leave Nicaragua after years of evangelization, deny expulsion
The Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of the Holy Family announced they are leaving Nicaragua after a period of “discernment by the…
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Situation in Nicaragua worsens as dictatorship bans pastoral missions, other religious events
“The situation has worsened” in Nicaragua following the ban on pastoral missions in the Diocese of León and the tightening…
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After Maduro’s capture, there’s hope for Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, leader says
Artist’s sketch of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores at the New York courthouse where they appeared Jan. 5, 2025. Photos…
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Dictatorship in Nicaragua releases dozens of political prisoners after U.S. pressure
Daniel Ortega, dictator of Nicaragua. | Credit: Council of Communication and Citizenship of the Government of Nicaragua – el19digital.com (CC0…
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After Maduro’s capture, there’s hope for Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, leader says
Artist’s sketch of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores at the New York courthouse where they appeared Jan. 5, 2025. Photos…
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Catholic News - Pope
New World Liberty Congress president analyzes ‘silence’ of Church in Nicaragua
Pope Leo XIV meets with Bishop Rolando Álvarez on Nov. 13, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Nov…
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