El Vaticano pide a autoridades de Nicaragua que respeten ‘libertad religiosa’
(TVN).
El gobierno de Ortega excarceló en enero a dos obispos católicos, entre ellos Rolando Álvarez, y a otros religiosos y los envió a Roma.
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA
Their churches no longer feel safe. Now Nicaraguans are taking their worship home
(MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ. AP News)
When their church no longer felt safe, deacon Francisco Alvicio and his congregation made a plan. Cautiously, discreetly, they took their worship to their homes
NICARAGUA
Bishop Álvarez chosen by Pope Francis to participate in Synod on Synodality
(Almudena Martínez-Bordiú. CNA)
Exiled Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez is slated to be among the participants in the second and last session of the Synod of Synodality, set to take place at the Vatican next month from Oct. 2–27
NICARAGUA
Nicaragua libera a 135 presos políticos y los envía a Guatemala
(France 24).
Nicaragua liberó por razones humanitarias a 135 presos políticos que fueron acogidos este jueves por Guatemala, gracias a una mediación de Estados Unidos que les permitirá viajar luego a ese u otros países.
NICARAGUA
New UN report details Nicaragua’s ongoing human rights crisis
(Human Rights. United Nations News)
The human rights situation in Nicaragua has “seriously deteriorated” over the past year, following arbitrary arrests, mistreatment of detainees, attacks on Indigenous people, and intimidation of political opponents, according to a UN human rights office (OHCHR) report released on Tuesday.
NICARAGUA
The Growing Rift on the Latin American Left
(Joseph Addington. The American Consevative).
The repercussions of the July 28 election in Venezuela continue to grow, as President Nicolás Maduro’s refusal to release the ballots from the election to certify the vote count announced by Venezuela’s National Electoral Council has driven a wedge into relations in what was once a relatively closely aligned bloc of left-wing Latin American nations.
NICARAGUA
The priests of the Nicaraguan dictatorship
(Edgar Beltrán. The Pillar).
Over the last six years, Daniel Ortega’s government has orchestrated a campaign of harassment, mass arrest, imprisonment, and exile of Nicaraguan clergy, and overseen the near wholesale confiscation of Church property and assets.
NICARAGUA
Daniel Ortega dice que el Vaticano forma parte del fascismo internacional
(Infocatólica).
El dictador nicaragüense Daniel Ortega dijo ayer que el Vaticano forma parte del «conglomerado del fascismo». Y no contento con ello, acusó a la Santa Sede de haber sido «cómplice de los nazis» de Alemania y de los fascistas de España e Italia en el siglo pasado.
NICARAGUA
Daniel Ortega ya expulsó al 25% de los curas de Nicaragua y muchas iglesias se quedan sin párrocos
(Fabián Medina Sánchez. Infobae).
Más de 150 sacerdotes fueron echados del país mientras El Vaticano guarda un curioso silencio
POPE FRANCISCO AND NICARAGUA
‘Renew Your Hope in Jesus’: Pope Francis Prays for People of Nicaragua at Sunday Angelus
(Courtney Mares. National Catholic Register)
Pope Francis prayed Sunday for a renewed hope for the people of Nicaragua, where the Catholic Church is experiencing harsh persecution under the regime of President Daniel Ortega.
NICARAGUA
(Miroslava López. Vida Nueva).
Entre las organizaciones canceladas está la Cáritas Diocesana de Granada y la Orden de Frailes Menores Capuchinos
NICARAGUA
¿Por qué la saña contra la Iglesia Católica en Nicaragua?
(Mirra Banchón. DW)
Frente al ensañamiento contra la Iglesia Católica en Nicaragua, ¿qué se espera de la comunidad internacional? Especialistas hablan con DW.
NICARAGUA
Dictatorship in Nicaragua arrests two more priests and two laywomen
(Walter Sánchez Silva. CNA)
Following last week’s exile of seven priests to Rome, the Nicaraguan dictatorship has arrested two more priests and two laywomen in Estelí and Matagalpa, both dioceses officially led by Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who has been living in exile in Rome since January.
NICARAGUA
Rector of Nicaragua’s Matagalpa Seminary arrested
(Vatican News).
Nicaragua’s authorities arrest the rector of Matagalpa Seminary, also parish priest of Santa María de Guadalupe church. Fr. Jarvin Tórrez has been in prison since 5 August according to human rights activists and organisations who have also reported the detention of a lay collaborator, Lesbia Rayo Balmaceda, from a parish in Sébaco.
NICARAGUA
Nicaragua ordinations bring hope – but is it enough?
(Edgar Beltrán. The Pillar)
It was the first ordination in the diocese since its bishop, Rolando Álvarez, was imprisoned by the Nicaraguan regime in 2022 and later expelled from the country to Rome in early 2024.
NICARAGUA
Como llega y se mantiene en el poder Ortega en Nicaragua, incluye persecución a la iglesia católica
(France 24).
Hace 45 años la guerrilla sandinista derrocaba en Nicaragua a la dictadura de la familia Somoza. ¿Por qué el presidente Daniel Ortega, en el poder desde hace 17 años, es hoy acusado por opositores y críticos de instaurar un régimen como el que ayudó a vencer?
Nicaragua
Presidente de Radio María desmiente a Ortega
(Artículo 66).
Vittorio Vicardi, presidente de la familia mundial de Radio María, está a la espera de las “justificaciones comprobadas” para el cierre de la emisora en Nicaragua. Afirma que la situación en el país es peor que en África o Medio Oriente.
Nicaragua
Nicaragua shutters Catholic radio formerly run by prominent critic
(Reuters).
Nicaragua’s government decreed on Tuesday the closure and seizure of assets of Radio Maria, the station formerly run by Bishop Rolando Alvarez, a prominent government critic now in exile at the Vatican.
El Gobierno de Nicaragua niega ingreso al país al sacerdote indígena Rodolfo French
(La Tribuna).
El sacerdote nicaragüense de origen miskito Rodolfo Napoleón French Naar, de la diócesis de Siuna, en el Caribe de Nicaragua, no pudo retornar a su país por la negativa del Gobierno que preside el sandinista Daniel Ortega, denunció este martes la abogada e investigadora nicaragüense exiliada Martha Patricia Molina.