No freedom of movement, supervised sermons and no prayers for Nicaragua: How the Ortega-Murillo regime controls its priests

No freedom of movement, supervised sermons and no prayers for Nicaragua: How the Ortega-Murillo regime controls its priests

During Lent and on the eve of Holy Week, one of Catholicism’s highest celebrations, Father Fabricio feels “emasculated.” He has received direct warnings from Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo’s police forces, which he “knows,” he tells EL PAÍS, he cannot ignore; doing so would mean jail or exile: “They told me not to hold processions of the Stations of the Cross on Fridays, to moderate what I say from the pulpit, and not to go around praying for…