Exiled Catholics testify about their imprisonment in Nicaragua
An exiled prisoner shared the heinous details of imprisonment under the Ortega dictatorship
Nicaragua released twelve Catholic priests
Six of the released priests were detained this month.
Religious persecution continues in Nicaragua
Christians continue to be silenced and imprisoned for their faith in Nicaragua
Oppression continues: police crack down on Nicaraguan Christians
The Vatican calls the most recent police strike on Christians the "worst since the Cold War"
Police arrest a priest on charges of treason
Nicaraguan police arrested Father Jaime Iván Montesinos Sauceda on Tuesday night, 23 May.
Trappist sisters are leaving Nicaragua because of persecution
President Ortega's regime has already ordered the closure of nine Catholic radio stations and three Church-affiliated TV stations.
Catholic priests in Nicaragua sentenced to 10 years in prison
A judge sentenced 4 Catholic Nicaraguan priests and 2 seminarians to a 10-year prison term this past Monday.
Ortega's Socialist regime imprisons priests in Nicaragua
Fr. Óscar Danilo Benavidez Dávila was arrested in August this year along with other clergymen
Priest sentenced to 8 years in prison in Nicaragua
The court of Managua found the Nicaraguan priest Oscar Benavidez Dávila guilty of “conspiracy.”
Nicaraguan authorities banned a traditionnal Marian procession
This is not the first time the local regime has banned such services.