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… praying daily for the Jesuits as well as other members of Catholic religious communities in Nicaragua, particularly since the problem hits close to home. Some of its members, including at …

… Associated Press … Nicaragua's government has confiscated a prestigious Jesuit-run university alleging it was a … against the Catholic Church and opposition figures. The University of Central America in Nicaragua, which was a hub for 2018 protests against the regime of President Daniel Ortega, …

… OSV News … Nicaragua appears to have frozen the bank accounts of the country’s Jesuit university -- marking … the Central American University come as the church experiences widespread repression in Nicaragua -- with clergy and religious expelled from the country, and the country’s most cogent … refused to be exiled from the country. The bishop has become the face of church resistance in Nicaragua. Eight former presidents of neighboring Costa Rica -- including 1987 Nobel laureate …

… this while serving in various archdiocesan posts and overseeing an active parish. El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Palestine, Israel, Haiti, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, the U.S.-Mexico border; …

… Silva offered June 22 to help try to gain the release of a Roman Catholic bishop imprisoned in Nicaragua. Lula made the comments after visiting with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Bishop Rolando … so he can go to Italy," Lula said. There was no immediate reaction from the Ortega government. Nicaragua's court system said Álvarez was convicted of undermining the government, spreading … disobedience. Relations between Ortega and the church have frayed to near non-existence since Nicaragua’s government began jailing opponents and clergy and expelling church-related groups. …

… Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mali, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Vietnam — to propose a …

… in all 493 kilometers, was converted into 950 trees to be planted in countries like Uganda, Nicaragua and the Philippines. A knee injury kept Louisianne Cardoso Tour, an 18-year-old college …

… on religious freedom highlighted the worsening conditions for the Catholic Church in Nicaragua in their annual report, released May 1. "The regime in Nicaragua has sharply increased its persecution of the Catholic Church by imprisoning clergy, … media.  The USCIRF applauded the U.S. State Department's November decision to designate Nicaragua for the first time as a "country of particular concern," or CPC, a designation meaning …

… America, the report found that a total of 7.7 million people in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua "experienced high levels of food insecurity in 2021, contributed to by factors such as … factor impacting farmers is the Central American Dry Corridor, which runs through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. According to the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture …

… and an inability for Christians to practice their faith freely. The pope specifically included Nicaragua in his prayers, where last month the Vatican was forced to close its embassy in the …

… Selser … The Associated Press … The Vatican said March 18 it had closed its embassy in Nicaragua after the country's government proposed suspending diplomatic relations, the latest … the Nicaraguan government proposed suspending relations with the Holy See, and a year after Nicaragua forced the papal ambassador at the time to leave. It's not clear what more the proposed … including from the Missionaries of Charity order founded by Mother Teresa, were expelled from Nicaragua last year. Prominent Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez was sentenced to 26 years in …