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Another Catholic priest has been ‘kidnapped’ by Nicaragua’s government, says exiled churchman

October 17, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega / Taiwan Presidential Office (CC BY 2.0)

ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 17, 2022 / 16:05 pm (CNA).
A Catholic priest was arrested and taken into custody on Oct. 13 in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua, an exiled priest… […]

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Christians excluded from Australian sports? Bishops raise alarm after exec resigns

October 7, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Andrew Thorburn (seen here in a 2015 photo), a former Australian banking executive and current chairman of church affiliated with the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, stepped down Oct. 4, 2022, one day after being appointed chief executive of an A… […]

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Priest prevented from returning to Nicaragua: It’s ‘not a crime’ to criticize government

October 3, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Denver Newsroom, Oct 3, 2022 / 17:00 pm Father Guillermo Blandón, who was prohibited by the Nicaraguan dictatorship led by President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, from returning to the country, […]

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Nicaraguan dictator Ortega verbally attacks pope, calls Church ‘the perfect dictatorship’

September 29, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega / Photo credit: Flickr Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan) | Government Website Open Information Announcement (CC BY 2.0)

Denver Newsroom, Sep 29, 2022 / 13:54 pm (CNA).
The dictator of Nicarag… […]

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Church in Nicaragua asks for continued prayers for abducted bishop and priests

September 27, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishop Rolando Álvarez / Photo credit: Diocese of Matagalpa

Denver Newsroom, Sep 27, 2022 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Matagalpa has asked the faithful to continue praying for its bishop, Rolando Álvarez, the priests, seminarians, and the l… […]

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Ortega dictatorship expels another religious congregation from Nicaragua

September 22, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

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Denver Newsroom, Sep 22, 2022 / 16:30 pm (CNA).
The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua has expelled the Religious Sisters of the Cross, thus continuing its attacks against the Catholic Chu… […]

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Blessed Sacrament found intact in tabernacle of church burned by armed men in Cameroon

September 22, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

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Denver Newsroom, Sep 22, 2022 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
In the aftermath of the fire that gutted a church in Cameroon, Bishop Aloysius Fondong of the Diocese of Mamfé entered the ruins to retrieve the Blessed Sacra… […]

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Priest calls attempt to close Colombia Capitol building chapel ‘persecution of the Church’

September 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

A proposal to convert the Catholic chapel located in the capitol building where Colombia’s Congress meets into a “neutral place of worship” is “persecution of the Catholic Church,” said Father Raúl Ortiz. / EWTN News/YouTube screen shot

Denver … […]

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Nicaraguan dictatorship prohibits procession for St. Michael the Archangel and St. Jerome

September 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

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Denver Newsroom, Sep 19, 2022 / 15:35 pm (CNA).
The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, in Nicaragua has prohibited the upcoming processions in the to… […]

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European Parliament condemns growing repression of Catholic Church in Nicaragua, calls for release of bishop

September 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

The European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium. / Ala z via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).

CNA Newsroom, Sep 16, 2022 / 05:08 am (CNA).
By a broad majority, members of the European Parliament on Thursday condemned the escalating repression ag… […]

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