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Catholic News - Americas
European bishops call for release of Nicaraguan bishop due to stand trial for conspiracy
Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, during the indictment presented by the dictatorship of Nicaragua on Jan. 10, 2023. /…
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Latin American bishops pray for Nicaraguan Bishop Álvarez at cathedral where St. Oscar Romero is buried
Bishop Rolando Álvarez of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Diocese of Matagalpa ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 14, 2023…
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Imprisoned Nicaraguan bishop deserves US support, religious freedom advocates say
Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, is monitored by police in early August 2022. / Photo credit: Diocese of Matagalpa…
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Bishop Barron: Latin Mass is here to stay, but new locations to be chosen
Priest celebrating the traditional Latin Mass at the church of St Pancratius, Rome / Thoom/Shutterstock Boston, Mass., Feb 14, 2023…
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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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Richmond bishop condemns FBI memo that sought to link Latin Mass to violent extremism
Bishop Barry Knestout. Photo Courtesy of Archdiocese of Washington / null Washington D.C., Feb 13, 2023 / 19:44 pm (CNA).…
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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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Nicaragua’s dictatorship sentences Bishop Rolando Álvarez to 26 years in prison
Bishop Rolando Álvarez. / Credit: Diocese of Matagalpa ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 10, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The dictatorship…
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Pope Francis names Bishop Frank Leo to lead Archdiocese of Toronto in Canada
Archbishop-designate Frank Leo of Toronto. / Archdiocese of Toronto Vatican City, Feb 11, 2023 / 09:10 am (CNA). Pope Francis…
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Bishop Barron says Minnesota’s new abortion law is ‘the worst kind of barbarism’
Bishop Robert Barron spoke out against Minnesota's new abortion law after it passed Jan. 31, 2023. / Credit: Bishop Robert…
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