Nicaragua Archives

Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan poet and priest, dies at 95

Mar 2, 2020

Ernesto Cardenal, the renowned poet and Catholic cleric who became a symbol of revolutionary verse in Nicaragua and around Latin America, and whose suspension from the priesthood by St. John Paul II lasted over three decades, died Sunday. He was 95.

By Gabriela Selser

Mexican bishops offer support for women; Chile, Nicaragua bishops address civic unrest

Feb 28, 2020

Several Latin American countries continue to grapple with the ripple effects of social revolts and violence, leading the local bishops to speak up, and even form unusual alliances.

By Inés San Martín

Jesuit provincials demand end to Nicaraguan harassment

Feb 11, 2020

Jesuit provincials have demanded that Nicaraguan authorities end a “campaign of slander and aggressions” against the Jesuit-run Central American University in Managua and its rector, Jesuit Father Jose Alberto Idiaquez, “as well as other institutions and people linked to the Society of Jesus in Nicaragua.”

By David Agren

Church leaders: Nicaragua living a ‘moral cold war’; Colombia in a state of ‘social survival’

Jan 21, 2020

Crux takes a look at Church headlines from around Latin America.

By Inés San Martín

Latin American bishops call for justice during Christmas season

Dec 24, 2019

Christmas is a season of celebration. Yet in Latin America, many Christmas messages from the bishops have turned into a cry for freedom and political stability, and a call to help the poor.

By Inés San Martín

Nicaraguan Church leaders call out Ortega regime for human rights abuses

Dec 10, 2019

Since a social uprising began in Nicaragua in May of last year, the government of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, has called the local bishops coup organizers, and even locked priests and the faithful in their parish churches.

By Inés San Martín