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Father Edwin Román, an undated picture, in Nicaragua. (Twitter/Román via Crux)

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Exiled Nicaraguan priest says Ortega regime is attacking Church

Inés San Martín|Jun 9, 2022|5 Min Read

Bishop Rolando Alvarez of Matagalpa, in the charitable Caritas agency’s center that was burned down in a fire ignited by pro-government forces earlier this year. Picture taken in mid-November. (Inés San Martín/Crux)

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Nicaraguan bishop goes on hunger strike to protest police harassment

Inés San Martín|May 20, 2022|3 Min Read

Archbishop Waldemar Sommertag, the Vatican ambassador to the Vatican, is pictured in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 19, 2018. The Vatican called Nicaragua's expulsion of the Vatican ambassador "grave and unjustified" as the rift deepened between the Catholic Church and the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Nicaragua expels the Vatican ambassador

David Agren|Mar 14, 2022|3 Min Read

Protesters block the entrance of the Jesuit-run Central American University during a protest against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government in Managua Nov. 19, 2019. The government has targeted opposition groups and institutions. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

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Nicaragua revokes legal status of Catholic charities, educational projects

David Agren|Feb 3, 2022|2 Min Read

Nicaraguan Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes Solorzano of Managua prays as he celebrates Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral July 31, 2021, to mark the first anniversary after the Blood of Christ Chapel was destroyed in an arson attack. (CNS/Maynor Valenzuela, Reuters)

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Why Nicaragua’s bishops can speak out against a dictator

Inés San Martín|Dec 10, 2021|5 Min Read

In a file photo, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes Solorzano of Managua, Nicaragua, delivers the homily as he celebrates Mass July 22, 2018, at Divine Mercy Catholic Church in Managua, Nicaragua. The Mass was celebrated to pray for protesters who took refuge in the church after coming under gunfire from armed pro-government supporters. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters via CNS)

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Nicaraguan cardinal says clergy ‘cannot remain silent’ about situation in country

Inés San Martín|Nov 23, 2021|4 Min Read

Nicaraguans exiled in Costa Rica march in San Jose, Costa Rica, Nov. 7, 2021, to protest the presidential election in Nicaragua. Seven presidential candidates were disqualified and opposition figures were arrested before President Daniel Ortega won elections. (CNS photo/Mayela Lopez, Reuters)

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Most Church leaders boycott ‘fake’ election in Nicaragua

Inés San Martín|Nov 8, 2021|4 Min Read

The facade of the Cathedral of Buenos Aires was vandalized on Aug. 27, with grafittis reading things such as "fire to the churches." (Twitter @PrisillaJacome via Crux)

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LatAm: Pope’s church vandalized, prelates face Covid and showdown in Venezuela

Inés San Martín|Aug 31, 2021|5 Min Read

A man wearing a protective mask walks by a mural depicting Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega in Managua March 30, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

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Nicaragua’s vice president calls priests and bishops ‘devils’

Inés San Martín|Aug 17, 2021|4 Min Read

A worker walks past a truck carrying a poster of San Cayetano. People observing the feast day of the patron saint of labor marched to Plaza de Mayo to demand work and better wages, Buenos Aires, Saturday, May 7, 2021. (Gustavo Garello/AP via Crux)

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Latin American bishops call on government leaders to put people first

Inés San Martín|Aug 9, 2021|5 Min Read

A priest and nun pray in the Blood of Christ Chapel at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua, July 31, 2020, after the chapel was destroyed in an arson attack. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

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Nicaraguan cardinal says Church will carry on despite government attacks

Inés San Martín|Aug 2, 2021|4 Min Read

A homeless man eats a free breakfast in Bogota, Colombia, July 20, 2020. A Catholic group leg by a Franciscan priest is helping the homeless during the pandemic. (Manuel Rueda/CNS via Crux)

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Latam bishops face unrest and division in Cuba, Colombia and Nicaragua

Inés San Martín|Jul 20, 2021|6 Min Read

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