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Nicaragua’s crackdown on the Catholic Church spreads fear
Politico via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMIAMI — Nineteen priests kicked out of the country, dozens of incidents of harassment and church...
Nicaragua closes Vatican embassy in Managua, Nicaraguan embassy to Vatican - source
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoVATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has ordered the closure of the Vatican...
Nicaraguan anti-Ortega bishop under house arrest after pre-dawn raid
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Reuters) -Nicaragua's Rolando Alvarez, Bishop of Matagalpa and one of the most influential leaders...
Pope urges dialogue over Church-state crisis in Nicaragua after bishop's arrest
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Reuters) -Pope Francis on Sunday called for an "open and sincere" dialogue to resolve a stand-off...
Pope asks Nicaraguan government to let expelled nuns return
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPope Francis asked the Nicaraguan government on Thursday to allow expelled nuns of the order founded...
Detained Nicaraguan Catholic bishop, Ortega critic to face trial
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA prominent Catholic bishop in Nicaragua who has sharply criticized authoritarian President Daniel...
EXPLAINER: Tension between Nicaragua and the Catholic Church
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEarlier this month Nicaragua shuttered seven radio stations belonging to the Catholic Church and...
Nicaragua arrests two high-ranking Catholic priests with close ties to cardinal
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 months agoNicaraguan police detained on Thursday two senior Catholic priests who are close to the country's top church leader, a person with knowledge of the matter said, raising to at least six the number ...