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The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his “co-president” and wife, Rosario Murillo, in Nicaragua has banned, for the third consecutive year, street processions in the country, where the Catholic Church has suffered fierce persecution from the regime for several years.
“Before, we used to go out into the streets and go around the communities, but now we don’t. We have to do it inside the church, and that somewhat diminishes popular religiosity, because people liked the procession. Now, we just pray and read the Stations [of the Cross],” a parishioner named Marcos, who serves at a church in Managua, told the newspaper Confidencial.
Aurelio (first name), 35, pointed out in turn: “We already know who the plainclothes police are. There was a fair recently and we saw them there. They take photos, see who’s there and what’s being done. The priest must provide information.”
According to Confidencial, the dictatorship is supposedly deploying 14,000 police officers to prevent processions during Holy Week in Nicaragua.
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“Before, we used to go out into the streets and go around the communities, but now we don’t. We have to do it inside the church, and that somewhat diminishes popular religiosity, because people liked the procession. Now, we just pray and read the Stations [of the Cross],” a parishioner named Marcos, who serves at a church in Managua, told the newspaper Confidencial.
Aurelio (first name), 35, pointed out in turn: “We already know who the plainclothes police are. There was a fair recently and we saw them there. They take photos, see who’s there and what’s being done. The priest must provide information.”
According to Confidencial, the dictatorship is supposedly deploying 14,000 police officers to prevent processions during Holy Week in Nicaragua.
Continued below.
Nicaragua once again bans Holy Week processions
According to Confidencial newspaper, the dictatorship is supposedly deploying 14,000 police officers to prevent processions during Holy Week in Nicaragua.
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