Nicaragua orders religious sisters to leave country

Nicaragua’s government has intensified its campaign against the Catholic Church, issuing an ultimatum for the country’s remaining religious sisters to leave by December, according to a report of La Croix International.

The expulsion marks another phase in President Daniel Ortega’s systematic persecution of the Church, which includes accusations, confiscations, and expulsions targeting clergy and religious groups. Lawyer and researcher Martha Patricia Molina, from exile in Texas, highlighted this ongoing crackdown in her detailed report Nicaragua: A Persecuted Church?, which documents the regime’s attacks on Catholic institutions from April 2018 to 2023. ---More...

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