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A Nicaraguan exile on a dictatorship that oppresses both the Catholic Church and a Miss Universe winner

‘The Silencing of Democracy in Nicaragua’: UK Parliament releases findings on scale of oppression by Ortega regime

The Catholic Herald

Costa Rican government has ‘transferred responsibility’ for immigrants to Church during migrant crisis

Eduardo Campos Lima/Crux

February 7, 2024

Chilean nun who voluntarily spent 18 months in prison during Covid wins prestigious award

Eduardo Campos Lima/Crux

January 28, 2024

Exile of Nicaraguan bishop was act of persecution, not a triumph for life

January 18, 2024

Record number of Catholic priests arrested, abducted or murdered in 2023

The Catholic Herald

January 5, 2024

US politicians demand action to stop Ortega’s persecution of Catholic Church

John Lavenburg/Crux

December 31, 2023

Irish-born Los Angeles bishop among 20 ‘missionaries’ who died violently in 2023

December 29, 2023

Ortega arrests two senior priests in continued crackdown on Nicaraguan clergy

December 22, 2023

Bishop arrested in Nicaragua after praying in public for imprisoned prelate

October 20, 2023

Twelve Nicaraguan priests flown to Rome after Ortega demands their exile

October 2, 2023

Church roof collapses in Mexico during Sunday Mass killing at least nine, injuring 50

The Catholic Herald

August 25, 2023

Ortega boots Jesuits out of Nicaragua

Elise Ann Allen/ Crux

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