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… David Agren … OSV News … Attacks on the Catholic Church in Nicaragua have fallen in 2025, but a report on church persecution in the Central American county … — down from a high of 321 attacks in 2023 — Molina said in the seventh edition of her report, "Nicaragua, a Persecuted Church." "The decline in numbers seen in 2025 does not mean that a … from police and paramilitaries, later accompanying the families of political prisoners. The Nicaragua bishops' conference convened a national dialogue seeking new elections as an exit from …

… children in Bolivia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru. Heraty, an acclaimed humanitarian and Viatores Christi missionary volunteer, …

… David Agren … OSV News … Nicaragua's ruling Sandinista regime has seized a prominent Catholic school, claiming without … tolerated and priests must watch their words during Mass. Four bishops have been exiled from Nicaragua, along with more than 250 priests, women religious and seminarians, according to Martha …

… 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 …

… Barb Arland-Fye … OSV News … The Catholic Messenger … Separated from his beloved Nicaragua by a government that disowned him for speaking up for justice and peace, Bishop Silvio … to courageous Nicaraguans continuing that advocacy. Báez, the auxiliary bishop of Managua, Nicaragua, who is now living in exile, received the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award from … beyond borders and cultural differences," he said. Báez criticized the "dictatorial regime" in Nicaragua, which he said has silenced, slandered and persecuted the voices calling for justice …

… 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 … would terminate the designation of Temporary Protected Status for the nations of Honduras and Nicaragua, effective Sept. 8. An estimated 72,000 Hondurans and 4,000 Nicaraguans now in the U.S. … was transferred following the 2002 passage of the Homeland Security Act. Both Honduras and Nicaragua were designated as TPS nations in January 1999, following the devastation wrought by …

… 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 …

… 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 — …

… 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 . …

… 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. …

… 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 … are trying to serve their flock while feeling constrained by constant threat. … US denounces Nicaragua's crackdown on religion … The U.S. government has condemned the Nicaraguan government — …

… 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 countries USCIRF recommended to Secretary of State …

… 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 …

… David Agren … OSV News … Nicaragua's government issued a statement attacking the Vatican as "depraved" following … They violate the supreme Laws and Norms which govern the Independent Life of our Blessed Nicaragua." The condemnation followed Álvarez speaking to the media for just the second time …

… 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 …

… David Agren … OSV News … Pope Francis and the country's bishops in exile prayed for Nicaragua as the Central American country observed the Immaculate Conception of Mary amid persecution. "I invite you to join me in prayer for the Church and people of Nicaragua, who celebrate the Purísima" — as the Nicaraguan celebration of … a unique experience for every Nicaraguan." O'Reilly exclaimed, with a cheerful voice: "Mary of Nicaragua. Nicaragua of Mary. Who is it that brings this joy?" President Daniel Ortega and his …