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Nicaraguan Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes claimed on Sunday that the Catholic Church is being persecuted by the Daniel Ortega regime in Nicaragua in the context of the authorities' crackdown on protests that have taken place since April. in the country of Central America
Brenes acknowledged the persecution suffered by the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, where its temples served as a refuge for protesters who escaped the armed attacks of local government, while in all the churches of Latin America He prayed this Sunday for peace in this country.
More than 500 Eucharist in Latin America and an indeterminate amount in Europe were dedicated to Nicaragua, so that it can soon overcome the crisis, at the request of the Latin American Episcopal Council ( Celam), as said the Nicaraguan Cardinal
The Catholic Church, followed by 58.5% of the Nicaraguan population, has suffered profane in at least seven temples since last June, [19459007theepiscopateaskedOrtegatoadvancetoMarch2019theelectionsof2021 to end the crisis. Later, a group of Ortega supporters invaded a temple and attacked Brenes and the Apostolic Nuncio, Stanislaw Waldemar Sommertag, and wounded Bishop Silvio Báez, as well as priests Miguel Mántica and Edwin Román.
It hurt the bishops to have this attitude of the putschists, "Ortega explained on July 19, during the celebration of the 39th anniversary of the revolution in Nicaragua.
Brenes also announced that on Monday the Nicaraguan bishops would badyze if as mediator of dialogue
Protests continue in different parts of the country
Meanwhile, protests against Ortega continued this Sunday in some municipalities of Nicaragua, without reports of violence, and students announced a march tomorrow
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) denounced "murders, extrajudicial executions, ill-treatment, possible acts of torture and arbitrary detentions against the majority young population of the country " that the Government of Nicaragua rejects.
Since April at least 277 people died according to the latest report of the IACHR, although some local human rights organizations report the number of victims at 351.
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