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Nicaragua, the land where beauty queens are persecuted and spies film homilies of priests

February 12, 2024

Argentina gets first female saint as Pope meets country’s brash populist leader

Elise Ann Allen/ Crux

February 10, 2024

Catholic priest targeted in Brazil’s equivalent of ‘Jan 6’ investigation

Eduardo Campos Lima/Crux

January 29, 2024

Catholic hospital’s refusal to implant contraceptive device generates conscientious objection debate in Brazil

Eduardo Campos Lima/Crux

January 28, 2024

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

January 16, 2024

Ecuadorian Catholics negotiate and pray during prison riot crisis

Eduardo Campos Lima/Crux

January 15, 2024

Prayers answered: Nicaraguan bishop imprisoned for life gains freedom, though exiled to Vatican

January 5, 2024

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

John Lavenburg/Crux

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

November 23, 2023

Argentina’s new VP attends Latin Mass, sympathises with SSPX and opposes abortion

October 20, 2023

Twelve Nicaraguan priests flown to Rome after Ortega demands their exile

Faith groups protest against Guatemala election interference

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