Nicaragua News » Matagalpa News Nicaragua » Matagalpa » Politics: In Nicaragua, Ortega shuts down Matagalpa’s Caritas
Bishop Silvio Baez, auxiliary bishop of Managua, Nicaragua, waves to parishioners as he enters to perform Mass at St. Agatha Catholic Church, which has become the spiritual home of the growing ...
News Nicaragua » Matagalpa » Politics: Jesuits urge Ortega to ‘stop the repression’ on one year anniversary of Nicaragua’s government seizing university
The Central American Province of the Society of Jesus acknowledged on Aug. 15 the anniversary of the loss of the Central American University in Managua, Nicaragua, “with deep pain and indignation, but ...
News Nicaragua » Matagalpa » Politics: Ortega Regime Seizes Matagalpa Diocese Headquarters in Latest Attack on Nicaragua’s Catholic Church
The confiscation of the curia is widely seen as an extension of the Ortega regime’s vendetta against Bishop Rolando Álvarez, the exiled leader of the diocese. Arrested in 2022 after a two-week police ...
News Nicaragua » Matagalpa » Politics: Christians face increasing repression in Nicaragua: report
The Nicaraguan government subjected Christians to mounting repression throughout 2025, a new report documenting 309 separate violations of freedom of religion or belief in the country during the year ...
News Nicaragua » Matagalpa » Politics: Nicaragua bars ordination of new Catholic priests in several dioceses
Nicaragua’s government has prohibited the ordination of new Catholic priests and deacons in several dioceses, a move church leaders say intensifies pressure on religious communities in the country.