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Worshippers pray during Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua, Aug. 21, 2022. Retired Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata was detained by police June 29, 2026, one day after celebrating a Mass in the city of Estelí, during which he requested prayers for the country's persecuted Catholic Church, according to independent Nicaraguan news outlet Confidencial. (OSV News photo/Maynor Valenzuela, Reuters)

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Another Nicaraguan bishop vanishes in custody, deepening fears over Church persecution

David Agren|Jul 7, 2026|4 Min Read

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is seen in Caracas, Venezuela, at a military academy Jan. 10, 2025, the day of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's inauguration for a third six-year term. (OSV News photo/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria, Reuters)

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Nicaragua's Sandinista regime halts ordinations in 4 dioceses

David Agren|Mar 18, 2026|3 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV gives his blessing as he processes out after celebrating Mass at Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran Nov. 9, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo described as a ‘lion of faith’ after receiving exiled Nicaraguan bishop Rolando Álvarez

Walter Sanchez Silva|Nov 14, 2025|5 Min Read

Nicaraguan Co-Presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, who are husband and wife, greet supporters during the opening ceremony of a highway overpass in Managua March 21, 2019. Nicaragua’s ruling Sandinista regime seized a prominent Catholic school Aug. 12, 2025, claiming without proof that it had operated a "torture" center during past protests. The government renamed the school for a slain partisan, "Héroe Bismarck Martínez." (OSV News photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

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Nicaraguan governor seizes Catholic school amid claims it is site of past crimes

David Agren|Aug 14, 2025|3 Min Read

Nicaraguan Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes of Managua blesses people raising their palm fronds during Palm Sunday Mass March 24, 2024, in Managua. (OSV News photo/Maynor Valenzuela, Reuters)

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Nicaragua cracks down further on church during Holy Week

David Agren|Apr 14, 2025|4 Min Read

Worshippers pray during Mass at the Basilica San Sebastián in Diriamba, Nicaragua, Jan. 20, 2024. (OSV News/Maynor Valenzuela, Reuters)

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For Catholics in Nicaragua, the year has been 'tragic on every level'

Junno Arocho Esteves|Dec 11, 2024|6 Min Read

A woman holds a crucifix as she takes part in a protest outside the Nicaraguan Embassy in Mexico City Aug. 16, 2022, to demand respect for religious freedom and an end to the persecution against the church and against the opponents of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. (OSV News photo/Edgard Garrido, Reuters)

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Faith, hope 'work miracles,' pope tells people of Nicaragua ahead of Immaculate Conception

David Agren|Dec 2, 2024|5 Min Read

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, greet supporters during the opening ceremony of a highway overpass in Managua March 21, 2019. (OSV News photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

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Radical changes to Nicaraguan Constitution are a blow to Catholic Church

Eduardo Campos Lima|Nov 29, 2024|4 Min Read

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, greet supporters during the opening ceremony of a highway overpass in Managua March 21, 2019. (OSV News photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

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Nicaragua extinguishes legal status for religious orders, evangelical congregations

David Agren|Aug 20, 2024|5 Min Read

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Ortega government closes Caritas chapter amid wave of arrests in Nicaraguan diocese

David Agren|Aug 13, 2024|4 Min Read

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

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'Parishes are on their own,' says Nicaraguan priest as regime's repression targets diocese

David Agren|Aug 5, 2024|5 Min Read

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