A Nicaraguan Catholic bishop and outspoken critic of the country’s authoritarian regime was arrested and charged with 'trumped-up' crimes, but Pope Francis and the Vatican have been largely silent on the matter.
Thousands of mourners attended the funeral mass for former Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square Thursday.and outspoken critic of the country’s authoritarian regime was arrested this summer as part of a crackdown on the country’s religious community, which was considered to be the last civil society institution independent of government control, but Pope Francis and the Vatican have been largely silent on the matter.
Workers remove a billboard with political propaganda supporting Nicaragua's current President Daniel Ortega that reads in Spanish "We keep changing Nicaragua: Christian, socialist, with solidarity" in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011.
VETERANS AFFAIRS SUED OVER NEW ABORTION RULE AFTER ROE ROLLBACK THAT ALLEGEDLY VIOLATED RELIGIOUS LIBERTY Pope Francis holds his homily during a Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany at St. Peter's Basilica on Jan. 6, 2022, in Vatican City, Vatican. Ortega has repeatedly blamed the pro-democracy protests on foreign nations, who he claims have the backing of the Catholic Church.
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