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Nicaragua admits detaining 80-year-old bishop after he prayed for ‘persecuted Church’

Nicaraguan officials accused Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata of violating unspecified ‘national laws’ but declined to reveal formal charges, his location, or the legal basis for his detention.

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Gaetano Masciullo

• Jul 8, 2026Jul 8, 2026

Elderly bishop arrested in Nicaragua after he offered prayers for 'persecuted Church'

Bishop Abelardo Mata, 80, was detained for hours by police after asking the faithful at Mass to pray for Nicaragua's ‘persecuted Church’ and exiled clergy, including Bishop Rolando Álvarez.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Jul 2, 2026Jul 2, 2026

Christ the King statue removed in Nicaraguan capital by anti-Catholic leftist regime

Authorities in Managua dismantled a prominent Christ the King statue for a road project, but no reinstallation timeline has been given amid the regime's years-long war on the Church.

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Gaetano Masciullo

• Apr 23, 2026

Nicaragua banned Holy Week processions for fourth year as anti-Catholic persecution intensifies

Nicaragua’s leftist dictatorship has arrested and exiled priests, banned thousands of religious events, and even prohibited priestly ordinations in some dioceses, among other abuses.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Apr 14, 2026Apr 14, 2026

Nicaragua bans ordinations of Catholic priests and deacons in four dioceses

‘Obstacles are not a problem for the Church but rather a cross that the Church bravely embraces, as Our Lord taught us, and that propels it on this path to resurrection,’ a priest in exile said.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Mar 20, 2026Mar 23, 2026

Nicaraguan regime bans priests from visiting parishioners' homes in diocese

The Ortega government has ordered clergy in the Diocese of León not to leave their parishes to carry out any pastoral activity, including preaching.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Jan 29, 2026Jan 30, 2026

Nicaraguan dictatorship, fearing US intervention, releases dozens of political prisoners

The Ortega dictatorship’s sudden release of political opponents suggests the arrest of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro has sent shockwaves across the region’s leftist bloc.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Jan 15, 2026Jan 15, 2026

Pope Francis writes letter in support of persecuted Catholics in Nicaragua

'I wish to convey to you my closeness and the assurance that I unceasingly pray to the Blessed Virgin to console and accompany you, confirming you in your faith,' Pope Francis wrote to Nicaragua's Catholic community.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Dec 2, 2024

Nicaragua's Ortega regime arrests at least nine priests in latest wave of anti-Catholic persecution

An attorney has attributed the abductions to the dictator's ‘hat(red)’ for ‘everything that has to do with religion, with the Catholic faith.’

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Aug 8, 2024Aug 9, 2024

Nicaragua's Ortega regime shuts down Radio Maria as anti-Catholic persecution continues

The left-wing Nicaraguan government of Daniel Ortega revoked the legal status of international Catholic broadcaster Radio Maria in its latest attack on Catholicism.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jul 11, 2024Jul 11, 2024

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Nicaragua admits detaining 80-year-old bishop after he prayed for ‘persecuted Church’

Elderly bishop arrested in Nicaragua after he offered prayers for 'persecuted Church'

Christ the King statue removed in Nicaraguan capital by anti-Catholic leftist regime

Nicaragua banned Holy Week processions for fourth year as anti-Catholic persecution intensifies

Nicaragua bans ordinations of Catholic priests and deacons in four dioceses

Nicaraguan regime bans priests from visiting parishioners' homes in diocese

Nicaraguan dictatorship, fearing US intervention, releases dozens of political prisoners

Pope Francis writes letter in support of persecuted Catholics in Nicaragua

Nicaragua's Ortega regime arrests at least nine priests in latest wave of anti-Catholic persecution

Nicaragua's Ortega regime shuts down Radio Maria as anti-Catholic persecution continues