In 2023, Nicaragua Was No Place To Be Catholic - The American Spectator
With the abduction of its 15th priest on New Year's Eve, Ortega's anti-Catholic animus has spun out of control.
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With the abduction of its 15th priest on New Year's Eve, Ortega's anti-Catholic animus has spun out of control.
Concerns remained Thursday about the whereabouts of more than a dozen priests, seminarians, and a bishop who have been detained in recent days as part of a crackdown on the Catholic Church by the government of President Daniel Ortega.
Communist Nicaragua marked 500 days since imprisoning Matagalpa Bishop Monsignor Rolando Álvarez.
Bishop Báez, currently exiled in Miami, issued an urgent plea for solidarity after a dozen priests detained following Christmas
Since Christmas, Nicaraguan police and paramilitaries have detained more than a dozen priests, including an archdiocesan vicar.