A Vatican Initiative Helps Vulnerable Children in El Salvador
In El Salvador, an initiative by the Vatican offers free schooling to vulnerable children at risk of exploitation, crime and poverty.
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Tag: Central America
Ortega Regime Targets Nicaraguan Diocese
Persecution of Nicaraguan Catholics continues, as latest wave of arrests sees 11 priests removed from their parishes by the Ortega regime.
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Bishop Rolando Álvarez Is Exiled from Nicaragua
After 500 days in detention, Bishops Rolando Álvarez was released and sent to Rome along with another bishop and 17 priests and seminarians.
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Repairing Relationships: A Maryknoll Reflection
A Maryknoll lay missioner in El Salvador reflects on confronting sin and repairing relationships with our brothers and sisters.
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Promoting Water-Smart Agriculture in Central America
Catholic Relief Services helps 100,000 farm families implement sustainable agriculture practices in the region devastated by climate change.
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Nicaraguan Regime Sentences Bishop Álvarez to 26 Years in Prison
Bishop Rolando Álvarez was sentenced to prison in Nicaragua after defying President Daniel Ortega by refusing to go into exile.
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Salvadoran Cardinal Recalls Rough Seas of His Episcopacy, and St. Romero
Cardinal Rosa Chavez describes the “red martyrdom” assassination of St. Romero and the campaign against the future saint.
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Bishop Charged with Conspiracy to Undermine Nicaragua
Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez was charged in court with conspiracy and spreading false news in his first appearance in four months.
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Report: El Salvador Crackdown Leading to Abuses
Bystanders are being swept up and human rights abuses have increased in El Salvador’s campaign against gangs, report says.
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Salvadoran Military Mobilized against Gangs
Salvadoran troops are sent into marginalized communities to break the stranglehold of gangs who control those areas.
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Nicaraguans in Exile Tell of President Ortega’s Abuses
Now settled in Indiannapolis, Nicaraguan families who fled their country because of repression by Daniel Ortega’s administration speak about their ordeals.
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Detained Bishop in Nicaragua Says Hate must Be Answered with Love
Bishop critical of the Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega because of its repression is under virtual house arrest.
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