Fathers Ivan Centeno and Julio Norori, Nicaraguan priests, were abducted Oct. 1 by plain-clothed individuals, prompting fears the priests were taken by paramilitaries. The Churchmen have been identified as pastors of parishes in the Diocese of Estelí in the country’s northwest, where
Dominican Brother Obed Cuellar has seen large numbers of migrants arrive daily in the Mexican border city of Piedras Negras, where they plan to cross the Rio Grande into neighboring Eagle Pass, Texas.
But there’s still space available in the diocesan-run migrant shelter.
The high court in Mexico granted an injunction Sept. 6 requiring federally operated hospitals and health facilities to provide abortion services. The decision also scrapped criminal penalties for physicians and health professionals performing abortions.
The Nicaraguan regime has extinguished the Jesuits' legal status and ordered the expropriation of its assets, effectively making it illegal for the Society of Jesus to operate in the Central American country.
The legal cancellation of the Jesuits on Aug. 23 follows the
The Jesuit-run Central American University in Managua suspended operations Aug. 16 after Nicaraguan authorities branded the school a "center of terrorism" the previous day and froze its assets for confiscation -- actions marking an escalation in the regime's repression of the Catholic
Nicaraguan regime freezes bank accounts of dioceses nationwide in another wave of Church persecution
Nicaragua has frozen the bank accounts of dioceses nationwide as the regime of President Daniel Ortega escalates its persecution of the Catholic Church with accusations of theft and money laundering.