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Catholic News - General
Dictatorship in Nicaragua sentences priest critical of the regime to 10 years in prison
Father Oscar Benavidez. / Credit: Parish of the Holy Spirit of Mulukukú, Nicaragua CNA Newsroom, Feb 6, 2023 / 12:30…
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Ortega dictatorship in Nicaragua expels Italian priest from the country
Father Cosimo Damiano Muratori. / Credit: Sanctuary Of The Servant Of God Odorico D Andrea CNA Newsroom, Feb 17, 2023…
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Catholic News - Americas
Why persecuted Nicaragua bishop turned down the chance to leave the country
Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CC BY-SA 4.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 10,…
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Pope Francis asks Virgin Mary to intercede for Nicaragua after bishop sentenced to 26 years in prison
Pope Francis (left); Bishop Rolando Álvarez (right) / Vatican Media; Diocese of Matagalpa Vatican City, Feb 12, 2023 / 08:20…
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UPDATED: Nicaragua deports more than 200 political prisoners to US, including Catholic priests
Nicaraguan political prisoner Juan Sebastian Chamorro speaks to the press ouside a hotel in Herndon, Virginia, on Feb. 9, 2023,…
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Dictatorship in Nicaragua sentences seven more clergy and laity to 10 years in prison
null / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Feb 7, 2023 / 14:50 pm (CNA). In a new attack on the Catholic…
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Catholic News - Americas
Exiled priest says bishop on trial in Nicaragua created secret human rights office
Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CC BY-SA 4.0) CNA Newsroom, Jan 30, 2023…
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Blessed Sacrament desecrated in church in Nicaragua
Unidentified individuals on Jan. 15, 2023, desecrated the Blessed Sacrament in Our Lady of the Abandoned Catholic Church in Managua,…
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Catholic News - Americas
Catholic bishop arrested by dictatorship in Nicaragua to be put on trial
Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua (on the left), during his hearing on Jan. 10, 2023. / Credit: Judiciary of…
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