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… man has not been located. Escobar told NCR citizens of Colombia, Guatemala, Venezuela and Nicaragua also have been arrested under the measures and two died in government detention, along …

… the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need said Belarus ranked second in the world after Nicaragua for the number of arrested Catholic priests, with 10 detained on extremism and treason …

… Guidos also won an honorable mention for a news story for reporting on  church repression in Nicaragua . Freelancers Luis Donaldo González and Nuri Vallbona won an award of merit for …

… are welcome and appreciated in Iowa, according to a news release. Hernández, who was born in Nicaragua, urged the Waterloo City Council April 15 to make a statement of support "so we …

… of sanctuary. Tom challenged U.S. foreign policy not only in El Salvador and Guatemala, but in Nicaragua, where the U.S. illegally armed and supported the Contras. In 1987, when I was …

… did just that in Central America during the 1980s and 1990s. Many people went to El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala, to bear witness to what American foreign policy was doing …

… El Salvador. Two years later, she joined a Witness for Peace delegation spending a  month in Nicaragua. The Sisters of Charity in 1987 appointed Marie de Paul as the community's first social …

… weapons and the 2003 Iraq War. In Central America during the 1980s, he visited El Salvador and Nicaragua, returning to the U.S. with pointed criticisms of Cold War policies backing contra guerrillas in Nicaragua and a government in El Salvador that allowed a military to trod over human rights. …

… even killing others. All at the government's direction. That is exactly what is happening in Nicaragua, where President Daniel Ortega ordered the arrests of several clergymen, forced them … for Global Sisters Report, has reported extensively on the ongoing political conflict in Nicaragua and took part in a March 6 panel discussion about it that was hosted by St. John's … into totalitarianism and its unrelenting persecution of the Catholic Church. On Aug. 23, 2023, Nicaragua's government declared the Society of Jesus illegal and ordered the confiscation of all …

… any neighbor — anywhere in the world. The words still stir the heart. And in Russia and in Nicaragua, in Bangladesh and in South Sudan, in Hungary and in Myanmar, these four freedoms are …

… obstacles, which Fajardo feels strong compassion for, after immigrating to the U.S. from Nicaragua when she was 8. "Many are fleeing from serious abuse or crime," she said. "Many brought …

… Catholic Reporter, recounting the experience of Feb. 9, 2023 , the last time he saw his native Nicaragua.  He was 25 when he became a political prisoner after participating in anti-government … hadn't even crossed into the airspace of the United States when the news began spreading in Nicaragua that they were stripping us of our citizenship and we were automatically disappearing … running from war, governments like ours." Though he studied political science in his native Nicaragua, he said he has found a new professional love in the kitchen and wants to one day …

… message for them." During the first week of the synod, Purity of Mary Sr. Xiskya Valladares of Nicaragua was one of the first delegates to formally bring up the topic of the church's digital …

… religious nationalism. For example, the Ortega regime's oppression of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua is not an expression of religious nationalism at all.  Similarly , as Schneck noted, …

… parole , which has allowed a large number of migrants — including from Ukraine and Nicaragua — to stay in the United States. But it's not the only bipartisan show of discontent …

… from prison and sent into exile — along with 18 other churchmen who had been imprisoned — as Nicaragua’s government expelled its most prominent critic. Bishop Álvarez’s presence behind bars … Mass in Rome. Independent Nicaraguan media reported Jan. 14 that the churchmen had departed Nicaragua on a flight for Rome after the government reached an agreement with the Vatican for …

… forced to flee their homelands." In particular, the pope deplored the "protracted crisis" in Nicaragua, where the country's Sandinista regime has recently escalated its crackdown against the …

… published stories and columns about or by sisters in Sudan , Nigeria , Myanmar , South Sudan , Nicaragua , Haiti , Chad and Congo , among other places. We've also focused on efforts by sisters … areas, and in other places of conflict and unrest that don't garner as many headlines, such as Nicaragua. Can you share the impressions and insights you gained in doing so?  … Helga : I have … There are two columnists who wrote columns in the form of prayers, one from Cuba and one from Nicaragua , as pleas to God to help with the situation.  … Gail : Chris, you traveled to Ukraine …

… to exiled Nicaraguan lawyer Martha Molina, who has tracked attacks on the Catholic Church in Nicaragua. Many were taken from their parish residences by police and paramilitaries. Pope Francis expressed concern for Nicaragua and the captive priests Jan. 1 at his New Year's Angelus prayer. "I have been following with deep concern what is happening in Nicaragua, where bishops and priests have been deprived of their freedom." The pontiff expressed …

… in St. Peter's Square, Francis said he was "following with concern what is happening in Nicaragua, where bishops and priests have been deprived of their freedom." He expressed his … "pray insistently" to find "a path of dialogue to overcome difficulties." "Let’s pray for Nicaragua today," Francis said on Jan. 1. Auxiliary Bishop Silvio José Báez -- currently exiled … world's bishops' conferences not to abandon us at this time; may they pray for the church of Nicaragua, stand in solidarity, and raise their voices to denounce this persecution by the …