At Easter, Catholics can expect for more persecution from the Nicaraguan regime

At Easter, Catholics can expect for more persecution from the Nicaraguan regime

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – At least 3,500 acts of religious piety will have been forbidden by the Sandinista regime till the end of the 2025 Lent, lawyer Martha Patricia Molina, who monitors the persecution of the Catholic Church from exile in the United States, told Crux. According to Molina, who keeps a network of clandestine informers in distinct points of Nicaragua and receives reports from them concerning religious freedom, Palm Sunday was particu…

Holy Week Hijacked: Communist Regime Targets Christians

For the second year in a row, Cuban authorities have blocked Christians from celebrating a key Holy Week tradition. The … Read More The post Holy Week Hijacked: Communist Regime Targets Christians first appeared on Charisma News. The post Holy Week Hijacked: Communist Regime Targets Christians appeared first on Charisma News.

Nicaraguan priest Jalder Hernández , of the archdiocese of Managua, Masaya and Carazo, has not been able to return to his country because of the refusal of the government of President Daniel Ortega . This has been denounced this Tuesday by exiled Nicaraguan lawyer and researcher Martha Patricia Molina , reports Efe. «The Sandinista dictatorship prevents the entry into Nicaragua of priest Jalder Hernández . The priest was on a pastoral mission in…

Nicaragua once again bans Holy Week processions

Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo and her husband, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. / Credit: Inti Ocon/AFP via Getty Images ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 15, 2025 / 15:28 pm (CNA). The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his “co-pre... [...]

Nicaragua Once Again Bans Holy Week Processions

Inti Ocon/AFP Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo and her husband, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. They even interrogated a schoolgirl on her way to church.

Nicaragua cracks down further on Church during Holy Week - Biweekly Newspaper for the Diocese of Richmond %

(OSV News) — Police and paramilitaries maintained a heavy presence outside the Nicaraguan Managua cathedral on Palm Sunday, ensuring celebrations occurred entirely on Church property – and sending a not-so-subtle message of intimidation. Inside the cathedral, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes of Managua ignored the harassment. He focused his homily on forgiveness instead. “Forgiveness is part of the Lord’s passion, it is part of the fruit of an experienc…