The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations holds a congressional hearing chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) calling for the release of Nicaraguan Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez.
Nicaraguans celebrated in the streets after Sheynnis Palacios was crowned Miss Universe. "It's been a true explosion of joy for Nicaraguans that no one could stop," said Father Edwin Román, a Nicaraguan priest now exiled in Miami. "This is much more than a
Nicaragua has expelled a dozen priests held as political prisoners as the increasingly tyrannical regime continues sending clergy into exile and cracking down on the Catholic Church.
The 12 priests boarded a flight for Rome Oct. 18 after an agreement for their release
Nicaraguan priests were moved Oct. 15 to El Chipote prison on the outskirts of the nation's capital, Managua, after being held under house arrest in the National Seminary of Our Lady of Fatima, according to sources speaking with independent Nicaraguan news organization
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
Indignation. That's what one religious sister said she feels when she hears Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, the country's vice president, refer to themselves as Christians.
At least 31 women religious like her have been expelled or left Nicaragua
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.
Church officials from a diocese in northern Costa Rica confirmed that they welcomed two women religious, members of the Dominican Sisters of the Anunciata, after they were expelled from neighboring Nicaragua in mid-April.
In a video posted on the Facebook page of the