Nicaragua’s president escalates anti-Catholic campaign

The World

Since Dec. 20, Nicaraguan police and paramilitary units have detained more than a dozen priests and bishops, as the left-wing authoritarian regime of Daniel Ortega escalates a campaign against the Catholic Church. The World’s Tibisay Zea reports on what the Vatican is doing to intervene.

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