US EditionNicaragua jails second Catholic bishop as crackdown intensifies
- Nicaraguan police have arrested a second Catholic bishop, Isidro Mora, for praying for another detained bishop, Rolando Alvarez.
- President Ortega's government has targeted clerics for speaking out against their rule, jailing some and expelling others.
- The Catholic Church has faced government crackdown since sheltering students during anti-government protests in 2018.
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Second Bishop Detained by the Dictatorship in Nicaragua
Mnsgr. Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega is bishop of the Diocese of Siuna, Nicaragua. In Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, who has been in power uninterruptedly since 2007, has directed his attacks against Catholic institutions and various members of the clergy.
The Nicaraguan police arrested Catholic Bishop Isidoro Mora, in the midst of a conflict between the church and the Government of Daniel Ortega.
Daniel Ortega has no restraint on the objective of turning his country into the North Korea of Central America, based on total and despotic social control, isolated from the outside world and...
Nicaraguan police arrest a second Catholic bishop -local media
Nicaraguan police arrested another Catholic bishop on Wednesday, local media reported, making him the second high-ranking church prelate to be detained in the government's prolonged crackdown on Catholic institutions and its leaders in the Central American country.
Nicaraguan police arrest a second Catholic bishop -local media
Nicaraguan police arrest a second Catholic bishop -local media Nicaraguan police arrested another Catholic bishop on Wednesday, local media reported, making him the second high-ranking church prelate to be detained in the government's prolonged crackdown on Catholic institutions and its leaders in the Central American country.Local news outlets Despacho 505 and La Prensa reported that police arrested Bishop Isidro Mora of the Siuna diocese, loc…
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