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by bcadmin | Aug 29, 2022 | Bishop Rolando Alvarez, Bishop Silvio Jose Baez, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Church in the Americas, lead, News, Nicaragua | 0 |
Nine days after the arbitrary house arrest of a bishop in Nicaragua, lone Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes urged the people on Sunday to trust “fully in the Lord, not in strategies.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 19, 2022 | Bishop Silvio Jose Baez, Central America, Church in the Americas, Daniel Ortega, lead, News, Nicaragua | 0 |
As the government of Nicaragua continues to tighten its control, the bishops said that they will continue to denounce “the social structures of sin.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 7, 2022 | Bishop Silvio Jose Baez, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, News, Nicaragua, President Daniel Ortega | 0 |
A report approved by Nicaragua’s national assembly proposes toughening the penalties for “undermining national integrity” and could mean the eventual prosecution of priests and other civil society leaders for alleged involvement and support for protests.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 13, 2022 | Bishop Silvio Jose Baez, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, News, Nicaragua, President Daniel Ortega | 0 |
Exiled Nicaraguan Bishop Silvio José Báez said he is certain Pope Francis is working behind the scenes to help resolve “the cruel and unjust situation of the political prisoners in Nicaragua.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 27, 2021 | Bishop Rolando Alvarez, Bishop Silvio Jose Baez, Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, lead, News, Nicaragua, President Daniel Ortega | 0 |
Nicaraguan bishops’ conference said earlier this week the “basic and indispensable conditions for the holding of free, fair and transparent elections” are not being met in the country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 4, 2020 | Bishop Silvio Jose Baez, Caritas, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Central America, Church in the Americas, Honduras, Hurricane, Natural disasters, News, Nicaragua | 0 |
Caritas, the church’s charitable agency, was responding to Hurricane Eta, which hit Nicaragua Nov. 3 and threatened to provoke devastating flooding and destruction as it moved through Central America.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 13, 2020 | Bishop Silvio Jose Baez, Church in the Americas, Daniel Ortega, lead, News, Nicaragua, Persecution, Religious Freedom | 0 |
According to the United States’ Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), the persecution of Christians, particularly the Catholic Church, is on the rise in Nicaragua, where the government of President Daniel Ortega has accused the local bishops of staging a coup to bring him down.
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