{"id":6051,"date":"2022-09-05T13:18:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T13:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/?p=6051"},"modified":"2022-09-05T13:25:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T13:25:53","slug":"nicaragua-a-persecuted-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/nicaragua-a-persecuted-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicaragua: A persecuted church"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6051\" class=\"elementor elementor-6051\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-88dc5a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88dc5a3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd9ca7d\" data-id=\"cd9ca7d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb49b57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb49b57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>In this nation, the ongoing campaign has specifically targeted the Catholic Church to silence dissenting views. Recently, in less than four years, 190 attacks and desecrations, including a fire in the Managua Cathedral, have been committed against the Nicaraguan Catholic Church.<\/p><p>The Missionaries of Charity were driven from the nation in last July. The regime claimed that the Missionaries lacked \u00aban operating permit from the Ministry of Education to provide remedial education for students\u00bb as well as \u00abthe accreditation of the Ministry for the Family to function as a nursery-center for childhood development, home for girls, and home for the elderly\u00bb.<\/p><p>Ortega\u2019s government has charged the Bishop Rolando \u00c1lvarez to use social media and the other media to \u00abincite acts of violence and to destabilize the Country\u00bb. Nicaragua\u2019s government has also announced that\u00a0it is investigating a Catholic bishop for \u201ccrimes against spirituality\u201d.<\/p><p>But, who is he Bishop \u00c1lvarez? \u00c1lvarez has consistently voiced his open criticism of Ortega&#8217;s government. He was a member of the Episcopal Conference Committee that attempted to mediate between Ortega and the opposition in May 2018 but the dialogue rapidly broke down, sparking ferocious protests that were violently put down. Since then, tensions have risen. In May 2022 , he declared an ongoing fast in response to the government&#8217;s persecution of the Church. After voicing his opposition to Ortega&#8217;s decision to shut down several Catholic radio stations, he was finally placed under \u00a0an irregular and harsh house arrest.<\/p><p>\u201cEven in this situation we keep our joy, strength, and our inner peace. We continue to show to the world that, thanks to the Holy Spirit, we are men and women able to dialogue,\u201d said Bishop \u00c1lvarez.<\/p><p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"about:blank\">https:\/\/aleteia.org\/2022\/08\/11\/nicaraguan-bishop-under-house-arrest-for-crimes-against-spirituality\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this nation, the ongoing campaign has specifically targeted the Catholic Church to silence dissenting views. Recently, in less than four years, 190 attacks and desecrations, including a fire in the Managua Cathedral, have been committed against the Nicaraguan Catholic Church. The Missionaries of Charity were driven from the nation in last July. 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