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News Nicaragua » Matagalpa » Religion: Nicaraguan Dictatorship Confiscates Seminary in Matagalpa

News channel or source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/nicaraguan-dictatorship-confiscates-seminary-in-matagalpa
Published on: Wednesday 22 January 2025

In addition to the seminary, the regime also confiscated on Jan. 16 the La Cartuja Pastoral Center of the Diocese of Matagalpa. Seminarians at St. Aloysius Gonzaga in 2022. (photo: Credit: Courtesy of ...

News Nicaragua » Matagalpa » Religion: Nicaragua trying to silence the church

News channel or source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/16/nicaragua-trying-silence-church/
Published on: Thursday 16 July 2026

In Nicaragua, praying for national freedom can land you in jail. So can publicly supporting an imprisoned priest.

News Nicaragua » Matagalpa » Religion: Nicaragua forces the closure of more than 25 Catholic religious orders and lay groups

News channel or source: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/08/20/nicaragua-extinguishes-legal-status-orders-evangelical-248623/
Published on: Tuesday 20 August 2024

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, greet supporters during the opening ceremony of a highway overpass in Managua March 21, 2019. (OSV News photo/Oswaldo ...

News Nicaragua » Matagalpa » Religion: Nicaragua's government shutters 6 church radio stations

News channel or source: https://religionnews.com/2022/08/02/nicaraguas-government-shutters-6-church-radio-stations/
Published on: Tuesday 02 August 2022

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Six radio stations owned by the Roman Catholic Church were shut down by Nicaraguan authorities on Monday in what Rev. Rolando Álvarez–one of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s ...

News Nicaragua » Matagalpa » Religion: Nicaragua forces 1,500 church and civil society groups to close

News channel or source: https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/19/americas/nicaragua-ban-church-organization-civil-society-intl-latam/
Published on: Monday 19 August 2024

Nicaragua has revoked the registration of 1,500 non-profit organizations, the latest in a years-long crackdown in the small Central American nation. The organizations, which include hundreds of ...