Search

… the past five decades, North Americans have waged war with the people of Vietnam, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Panama, Grenada, Iraq and Afghanistan.  "Jesus would want North Americans …

… Separated from his beloved Nicaragua by a government that disowned him for speaking up for justice and peace, Bishop Silvio Jose Báez Ortega accepted a peace award in Davenport that he dedicated to courageous Nicaraguans continuing that advocacy. Báez, the auxiliary bishop of Managua, Nicaragua, who is … to the Gospel of Jesus and its constant commitment to serving the people of God. The Nicaraguan Church, even amidst adversities, has stood by those who suffer the most: the poor, the …

… Trump administration's ending of deportation protections for those who have fled Honduras and Nicaragua shows "no discernment," an immigration policy expert told OSV News — while a pastor at … nations of Honduras and Nicaragua, effective Sept. 8. An estimated 72,000 Hondurans and 4,000 Nicaraguans now in the U.S. are set to lose deportation protections as a result. Established by … exists, and that "the environmental situation has improved enough that it is safe enough for Nicaraguan citizens to return home." But with both Nicaragua and Honduras facing ongoing human …

… and oppression.  But is there hope for persecuted and oppressed Christians today?  In Nicaragua, Catholic Bishop Rolando Jose Alvarez spoke out against the oppressive regime of Jose …

… Pham of San Diego, born in Vietnam, auxiliary Bishop-elect Pedro Chau of Newark, born in Nicaragua, and  Bishop-designate Simon Engurait, of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, born in Uganda . …

… total of 620,000 from four Central American nations: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Six South American nations — Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela — …

… ending of the temporary protected status, or TPS, and humanitarian visas for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans. "Some 500,000 will be affected by the ending of the humanitarian … end of the TPS program that affects several thousand more including Haitians, Venezuelans and Nicaraguans." The archbishop said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has "stepped up …

… her husband Don are leaders in the program. The couple served as Maryknoll lay missioners in Nicaragua and Mexico from 1981-1992. When they returned, they raised their family while …

… has also ended protections for other groups of migrants, such as those from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, majority-Catholic countries where violence, political and economic …

… against Latin American dictatorships that have oppressed the Catholic church such as Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela,” according to Burch’s  conservative website. …

… of a Latin American as pope was a pleasant surprise," said Pedro X. Molina, a U.S.-based, Nicaraguan-born editorial cartoonist for the Counterpoint Media Syndicate. "Even better was the …

… often daylong Lent and Holy Week processions are underway across Latin America — but not in Nicaragua. They've been largely banned for a second year, one of many concerns for the faithful … who are in exile in different countries, some after being imprisoned in inhumane conditions in Nicaragua. All requested their names, current locations and circumstances of departure from the … US denounces Nicaragua's crackdown on religion …

… the report featured Bishop Rolando Álvarez, a Catholic prelate imprisoned and later exiled by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, whose regime has targeted Catholic and other faith … freedom and the perseverance of the persecuted," as well as "the depths of repression to which Nicaragua's Ortega Mario regime has sunk." Nicaragua, Nigeria and China were among the 16 …

… order March 25 that removes temporary legal status for 532,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, or CHNV. The document said the status of nationals from these four …

… is divided into chapters following revolutionary movements in Brazil, El Salvador, Mexico and Nicaragua. As Drouet travels from country to country we get a sense of how the spirit of … to decide for themselves. The result is a meditative experience.  When María López Vigil, a Nicaraguan journalist and theologian, talks about how she came to understand that structural sin, …

… Nicaragua's government issued a statement attacking the Vatican as "depraved" following … Álvarez of Matagalpa reaffirmed the pope's desire for him to continue leading a pair of Nicaraguan dioceses from afar. The Feb. 8 statement from the foreign ministry of the regime … Positions and Powers that it purports to grant, in Nicaragua, to People who ceased to be Nicaraguans as a result of improper, intolerable behavior promoting politically instigated …

… the mounting clergy abuse crisis in that country and, in 2024, Francis wrote to Catholics in  Nicaragua to express his closeness as they endured religious persecution. Yet in his latest …

… also revoked a Biden-era initiative allowing monthly entry for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, and ordered that Mexican drug cartels be designated as foreign …

… Pope Francis and the country's bishops in exile prayed for Nicaragua as the Central American country observed the Immaculate Conception of Mary amid … join me in prayer for the Church and people of Nicaragua, who celebrate the Purísima" — as the Nicaraguan celebration of the Immaculate Conception is known — "as Mother and Patroness," and … especially in these days when you are celebrating the Novena of the Immaculate Conception." Nicaraguans celebrate the Purísima with a novena. They traditionally build altars and gather at …

… Latinoamericana de Religiosos (CLAR), manifestó su respaldo a la vida religiosa en Nicaragua, que continúa su misión bajo lo que describió como la "tiranía del régimen" en ese país. "Nos unimos desde este lugar a los religiosos y religiosas que peregrinan en Nicaragua", expresó Franco el 24 de noviembre durante el cierre de un encuentro de tres días en …