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Government Persecution

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Pope Francis are pictured in a combination photo. The Vatican confirmed Aug. 9, 2024, that seven priests expelled from Nicaragua arrived in Rome Aug. 8. They had been detained in an assault on a diocese headed by an outspoken bishop as the Ortega regime continued debilitating church and forcing its critics into exile. (OSV News photo//Leonardo Fernandez Viloria, Reuters/Vatican Media)

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Another group of exiled Nicaraguan priests arrives in Rome

Cindy Wooden|Aug 9, 2024|2 Min Read

Nicaragua

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Exiled Nicaraguan bishop asks world's bishops 'not to abandon us' as wave of priest arrests ends year in dictator-run country

David Agren|Jan 2, 2024|5 Min Read

Ramazzini

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Latin American bishops show solidarity with Guatemalan cardinal amid threats

David Agren|Dec 7, 2023|4 Min Read

Nicaragua

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Nicaragua regime shuts down Jesuit university, accuses it of 'terrorism'

David Agren|Aug 17, 2023|4 Min Read

Ortega

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Catholic universities in Nicaragua shut by Ortega regime

John Lavenburg|Mar 10, 2023|3 Min Read

nicaragua

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Nicaraguan regime sentenced Bishop Álvarez for 26 years in prison

David Agren|Feb 11, 2023|3 Min Read

clergy

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Dictatorship in Nicaragua sentences seven more clergy and laity to 10 years in prison

Catholic News Agency|Feb 7, 2023|2 Min Read

Nicaragua

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Dictatorship in Nicaragua sentences priest critical of the regime to 10 years in prison

Catholic News Agency|Feb 6, 2023|2 Min Read

Nicaragua

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Court rules Nicaraguan bishop charged with conspiracy will stand trial

OSV News|Jan 11, 2023|3 Min Read

Bolivia

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Bolivian priest condemns police pursuit of protesters into church

Catholic News Agency|Jan 4, 2023|3 Min Read

Eritrea

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Eritrean authorities free Catholic bishop held 75 days in prison

Fredrick Nzwili|Dec 29, 2022|2 Min Read

People climb atop a destroyed U.N. peacekeeping truck in Kanyarutshinya, Congo, Nov. 2, 2022. The truck was part of a convoy that was attacked when it stopped at an army checkpoint near an internally displaced persons camp. (CNS photo/Arlette Bashizi, Reuters)

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Congolese bishop urges government to take control in the East

Catholic News Service|Nov 3, 2022|3 Min Read

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