Nicaragua’s Sandinista Regime Halts Ordinations in 4 Dioceses

Nicaragua’s Sandinista regime halts ordinations in 4 dioceses

(OSV News) — Ordinations of priests and deacons have been halted in four Nicaraguan dioceses, aggravating a shortage of priests as the Sandinista regime continues its suffocation of the Catholic Church. No ordinations have occurred recently in the dioceses of Jinotega, Siuna, Matagalpa and Estelí, according to researcher Martha Patricia Molina, an exiled lawyer who tracks church persecution in Nicaragua. Bishops in exile The four dioceses are le…

Nicaragua's Sandinista regime halts ordinations in four dioceses - The Record Newspaper

Worshippers holding candles pray during a Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua, Oct. 28, 2018, in support of Nicaraguan Auxiliary Bishop Silvio Jose Báez Ortega and to call for the release of political prisoners. Bishop Báez, who faced death threats and harassment from the Ortega regime, forced into exile in 2019. (OSV News photo/Jorge Cabrera, Reuters) By David Agren , OSV News (OSV News) — Ordinations of priests and deacons…

Nicaragua's Sandinista regime halts ordinations in 4 dioceses

Ordinations of priests and deacons have been halted in four Nicaraguan dioceses, aggravating a shortage of priests as the Sandinista regime continues its suffocation of the Catholic Church. No ordinations have occurred recently in the dioceses of Jinotega, Siuna, Matagalpa and Estelí, according to researcher Martha Patricia Molina, an exiled lawyer who tracks church persecution in Nicaragua. The four dioceses are led by bishops in exile: Bishop …