Pope Francis used his New Year’s Day address to highlight concern over the worsening situation of the Roman Catholic Church in Nicaragua as a result of a protracted crackdown by the government ...

Pope Francis today publicly denounced the sentencing of Nicaragua’s Bishop Rolando Álvarez to 26 years and four months in prison. He also lamented the deportation of more than 200 opponents of ...

Vatican City, Aug 25, 2024 / 10:08 am. Pope Francis prayed Sunday for a renewed hope for the people of Nicaragua, where the Catholic Church is experiencing harsh persecution under the regime of ...

Pope Francis prayed Sunday for a renewed hope for the people of Nicaragua, where the Catholic Church is experiencing harsh persecution under the regime of President Daniel Ortega.

Pope Francis broke his silence on Nicaragua on Sunday as he called for “open and sincere” dialogue amid the Ortega administration’s ongoing persecution of the Catholic Church.

On Aug. 21 following Álvarez's arrest, Pope Francis said he was "closely following, with concern and sorrow, the situation that has developed in Nicaragua, involving people and institutions," but ...

Nicaragua’s government has proposed suspending relations with the Vatican days after Pope Francis reportedly compared President Daniel Ortega’s administration to a communist or Nazi dictatorship.

President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua suspended diplomatic ties with the Vatican in what appears to be retaliation for Pope Francis’ likening his regime to “a communist dictatorship in 1917, or ...

VATICAN CITY (AP)—Pope Francis voiced worry Sunday about the situation in Nicaragua, where police detained several Roman Catholic clergy, including a bishop, critical of President Daniel Ortega ...

In a moving letter, Pope Francis expressed his closeness with the people of Nicaragua as Central American bishops called for a day of prayer for the country on the feast of the Immaculate ...

There are few countries where the Roman Catholic Church and Pope Francis command more respect than in Nicaragua. But Francis hasn’t said a word about President Daniel Ortega’s repression since ...

Pope Francis also used the occasion to appeal for prayers for the Church in Nicaragua, which has been at the center of an escalating persecution launched by the country’s president, Daniel Ortega.