Situation in Nicaragua worsens as dictatorship bans pastoral missions, other religious events

“The situation has worsened” in Nicaragua following the ban on pastoral missions in the Diocese of León and the tightening of restrictions on religious events held by the Catholic Church in Managua and other cities, according to Martha Patricia Molina, a Nicaraguan researcher in exile.The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife and co-president, Rosario Murillo, maintains “a discourse of reconciliation and love, but their words are not consistent with their actions: They are afraid of the faith and…