Nicaragua Once Again Bans Holy Week Processions

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-president” and wife, Rosario Murillo, in Nicaragua has banned, for the third consecutive year, street processions in the country, where the Catholic Church has suffered fierce persecution from the regime for …

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.

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Managua, Nicaragua—In the streets where chants, incense and prayers were resounding before, silence now reigns. For the third consecutive year, the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has banned religious processions throughout the country. In addition, a direct blow to the public expression of the Catholic faith, deeply rooted in the identity of the Nicaraguan people. AME665. SAN JOSÉ (COSTA RICA), 19/08/2022.- Nicaraguan exiles in Cost…

Nicaraguan Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes of Managua blesses faithful who raise their palms during Palm Sunday Mass, March 24, 2024, in Managua. (OSV News photo/Maynor Valenzuela, Reuters) By David Agren, OSV News Police and paramilitaries maintained a heavy presence outside Nicaragua’s Managua cathedral on Palm Sunday, ensuring that the celebrations took place entirely on church property — and sending a not-so-subtle message of intimidation. Inside t…

Nicaragua cracks down further on church during Holy Week

Nicaraguan Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes of Managua blesses people raising their palm fronds during Palm Sunday Mass March 24, 2024, in Managua. (OSV News photo/Maynor Valenzuela, Reuters) In Nicaragua, Catholics celebrated Palm Sunday under intense government scrutiny, as police and paramilitaries surrounded Managua’s cathedral and restricted Holy Week activities to church grounds. The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has banned public re…