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… entered the Jesuit novitiate and five years later, despite knowing no Spanish, he was sent to Nicaragua for more than two years. On his return, newly bilingual, he spent a summer at the  Kino …

… Ordinations of priests and deacons have been halted in four Nicaraguan dioceses, aggravating a shortage of priests as the Sandinista regime continues its … to researcher Martha Patricia Molina, an exiled lawyer who tracks church persecution in Nicaragua. The four dioceses are led by bishops in exile: Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera of Jinotega, president of the Nicaraguan bishops' conference; Bishop Isidoro Mora of Siuna; and Bishop Rolando Álvarez of …

… travels to places of conflict around the world, such as Iran, North Korea, Yemen, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Palestine and Cuba, to see firsthand the effects of U.S. warmaking. She also speaks …

… are also a wink to other countries across Latin America who face similar struggles, like Cuba, Nicaragua, Ecuador and more. "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" captures a deep love for Puerto Rico; a call …

… in Mexico in 1949,  Guillermoprieto broke into journalism in the late 1970s reporting from Nicaragua for The Guardian. A few years later, covering Central America for The Washington Post, … later. In 1978, as the Sandinistas were struggling to overthrow the Somoza regime, I went to Nicaragua as a freelancer with a few connections and ended up stringing for The Guardian. There …

… a separate Biden administration program, known as CHNV. The program granted Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans affected by adverse political situations at home the right to live …

… named state violence. Homilies exposed exploitation. Hymns strengthened collective resolve. In Nicaragua and Guatemala, this formation spilled into explicit acts of civil disobedience, as …

… Another witness at the hearing was Catholic researcher Martha Patricia Molina, whose report, "Nicaragua: A Persecuted Church" is now in its seventh edition. Pope Leo IV received the latest … said that not only has President Daniel Ortega's ban on religious processions intensified in Nicaragua since 2022, but also that the faithful at Masses "cannot pray out loud." There is now a …

… passport was seized in a Venezuelan airport in December. Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes of Managua, Nicaragua, who did not attend the consistory, said in an interview  he did not receive an … cardinals should have been convened for the consistory, raising questions over the role of the Nicaraguan government, which has been hostile to the church, in his absence. While the situation …

… to pray for justice in their countries of origin, especially, he said in Venezuela,  Cuba and  Nicaragua , where human rights advocates, exiled priests and the U.S. government say the Nicaraguan government is  carrying out a crackdown on religion . Pastors and the faithful turn to …

… five-year-stint there.  The organization also serves children in Mexico, Honduras,  Haiti , Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Peru and Bolivia, according to its  …

… I would urge readers to look farther, exploring the full diversity of the Catholic world, from Nicaraguan priest Ernesto Cardenal to Polish Catholic feminist Anna Kamieńska. This is the same …

… of hundreds of thousands of people who fled dangerous political situations in Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela under a temporary protected status from deportation. These de-legalized …

… It also ended protections for other groups of migrants, such as those from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, as well as Afghanistan. Trump has previously alleged there is an ongoing …

… the Society of Jesus after the Jesuit-run Central American University in Managua was seized by Nicaragua's dictatorship in 2023. Tojeira championed environmental causes in El Salvador . He …

… anyone that comes in to feel loved and welcomed," said Salvo, who is himself an immigrant from Nicaragua. "It's a reminder that it doesn't matter what's happening ... politically. We have to …

… At just 18 in 1985, alone in a Brooklyn apartment and in the country illegally, a Nicaraguan immigrant named Pedro Bismarck Chau found himself staring out an eighth-floor window, … him a lifetime of journeys — geographical, spiritual and deeply personal. Born in Managua, Nicaragua, in 1967, and the first Nicaragua-born bishop in the United States, his path to that …

… Attacks on the Catholic Church in Nicaragua have fallen in 2025, but a report on church persecution in the Central American county … against them and church property. A total of 1,010 aggressions have been committed against the Nicaraguan church since 2018, when protests demanding the ouster of the ruling Sandinista regime … — 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 …

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

… Nicaragua's ruling Sandinista regime has seized a prominent Catholic school, claiming without … regime claim was tortured and murdered in Jinotepe during the protests of 2018, when Nicaraguans took to the streets and demanded the ouster of then-President Daniel Ortega — now … more than 250 priests, women religious and seminarians, according to Martha Patricia Molina, a Nicaraguan lawyer in exile, who tracks church persecution in the Central American country. The …