Exclusive: ‘They Called Us Satanic’: Bishop Exposes Christian Persecution in Communist Nicaragua

The Marxist regime in Nicaragua is persecuting members and leaders of the Catholic Church and committing “murders and crimes against humanity” for over a year since pro-democracy protests began there, a bishop in the country told Breitbart News. Catholics do not have the freedom to worship as they please or organize to live the teachings of Jesus Christ, Monsignor Juan Abelardo Mata, Bishop of the diocese of Estelí, told Breitbart News in a Spanish-language phone interview on Friday. Nicaragua is nearly 85 percent Christian and about half Catholic, but this has not stopped the Marxist Sandinista government, led by dictator Daniel Ortega, from repressing the Christian faith.-- More...