{"id":102303,"date":"2026-08-17T06:28:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T06:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=102303"},"modified":"2026-08-17T06:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T06:28:56","slug":"nicaraguan-government-releases-video-of-bishop-who-has-been-missing-for-more-than-40-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/nicaraguan-government-releases-video-of-bishop-who-has-been-missing-for-more-than-40-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicaraguan government releases video of bishop who has been missing for more than 40 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Media outlets aligned with the Nicaraguan dictatorship released a video showing Bishop Abelardo Mata, bishop emeritus of Estel\u00ed, whose whereabouts have been unknown since late June.In the video, whose recording date is unknown, the 80-year-old prelate, who celebrates his golden jubilee of priesthood on Aug. 15, is seen conversing with a journalist and pro-government lawmaker Adolfo Pastr\u00e1n.Among other things, Pastr\u00e1n remarks that the bishop looks \u201cfull of vitality,\u201d to which the bishop briefly replies that \u201cprayer helps a great deal\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media outlets aligned with the Nicaraguan dictatorship released a video showing Bishop Abelardo Mata, bishop emeritus of Estel\u00ed, whose whereabouts have been unknown since late June.In the video, whose recording date is unknown, the 80-year-old prelate, who celebrates his golden jubilee of priesthood on Aug. 15, is seen conversing with a journalist and pro-government lawmaker Adolfo Pastr\u00e1n.Among other things, Pastr\u00e1n remarks that the bishop looks \u201cfull of vitality,\u201d to which the bishop briefly replies that \u201cprayer helps a great deal\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-102303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":99706,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/un-human-rights-commissioner-presses-nicaragua-for-answers-on-missing-bishop\/","url_meta":{"origin":102303,"position":0},"title":"UN human rights commissioner presses Nicaragua for answers on missing bishop","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"25 \u0438\u044e\u043b\u044f, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T\u00fcrk demanded that the Nicaraguan regime provide information on the whereabouts and condition of Bishop Abelardo Mata, who has been subjected to enforced disappearance since late June.\u201cI am concerned by reports of repression against the Catholic Church and other religious denominations, including the lack of official information regarding the fate, whereabouts, and condition of 80-year-old Bishop Abelardo Mata Guevara, who was detained on June 29,\u201d the high commissioner stated on July 22,\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0412 &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":61776,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-receives-exiled-president-of-nicaraguan-bishops-conference\/","url_meta":{"origin":102303,"position":1},"title":"Pope Leo XIV receives exiled president of Nicaraguan bishops\u2019 conference","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"26 \u0430\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Guti\u00e9rrez is president of Nicaragua\u2019s bishops\u2019 conference. \/ Credit: Alonso3215 (CC0 1.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 25, 2025 \/ 15:09 pm (CNA). Over the weekend, Pope Leo XIV received the exiled president of the Nicaraguan bishops\u2019 conference, Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Guti\u00e9rrez, who was expelled from the Central American country by the Daniel Ortega dictatorship in November 2024.On Aug. 23, the Vatican press office said that \u201cthis morning the Holy Father received in audience His Eminence\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0412 &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pope Leo XIV receives exiled president of Nicaraguan bishops\u2019 conference","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pope-Leo-XIV-receives-exiled-president-of-Nicaraguan-bishops-conference.webp?fit=800%2C608&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pope-Leo-XIV-receives-exiled-president-of-Nicaraguan-bishops-conference.webp?fit=800%2C608&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pope-Leo-XIV-receives-exiled-president-of-Nicaraguan-bishops-conference.webp?fit=800%2C608&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pope-Leo-XIV-receives-exiled-president-of-Nicaraguan-bishops-conference.webp?fit=800%2C608&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":69199,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-receives-exiled-nicaraguan-bishop-rolando-alvarez\/","url_meta":{"origin":102303,"position":2},"title":"Pope Leo XIV receives exiled Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando \u00c1lvarez","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"23 \u043d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV and Bishop Rolando \u00c1lvarez, bishop of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of Estel\u00ed, Nicaragua. \/ Credit: Daniel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 13, 2025 \/ 18:06 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 13 received Rolando \u00c1lvarez, the exiled bishop of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of Estel\u00ed in Nicaragua.&nbsp;\u00c1lvarez is in forced exile after being deported by the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife and vice president, Rosario Murillo, in January 2024.\u201cThe Holy Father received\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0412 &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pope Leo XIV receives exiled Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando \u00c1lvarez","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pope-Leo-XIV-receives-exiled-Nicaraguan-Bishop-Rolando-Alvarez.webp?fit=669%2C446&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pope-Leo-XIV-receives-exiled-Nicaraguan-Bishop-Rolando-Alvarez.webp?fit=669%2C446&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pope-Leo-XIV-receives-exiled-Nicaraguan-Bishop-Rolando-Alvarez.webp?fit=669%2C446&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62185,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/nicaraguan-dictatorship-banned-more-than-16500-religious-processions-new-report-reveals\/","url_meta":{"origin":102303,"position":3},"title":"Nicaraguan dictatorship banned more than 16,500 religious processions, new report reveals","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"2 \u0441\u0435\u043d\u0442\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega (whose image is regularly displayed in public places) has perpetrated more than 1,000 attacks on the Catholic Church and banned more than 16,500 religious processions, according to a report released Aug. 27, 2025. \/ Credit: Barna Tanco\/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 29, 2025 \/ 10:24 am (CNA). The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, in Nicaragua has banned more than 16,500 religious processions and activities in recent years and has\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0412 &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Nicaraguan dictatorship banned more than 16,500 religious processions, new report reveals","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Nicaraguan-dictatorship-banned-more-than-16500-religious-processions-new-report-reveals.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Nicaraguan-dictatorship-banned-more-than-16500-religious-processions-new-report-reveals.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Nicaraguan-dictatorship-banned-more-than-16500-religious-processions-new-report-reveals.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Nicaraguan-dictatorship-banned-more-than-16500-religious-processions-new-report-reveals.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65636,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-receives-detailed-report-on-attacks-against-the-catholic-church-in-nicaragua\/","url_meta":{"origin":102303,"position":4},"title":"Pope Leo XIV receives detailed report on attacks against the Catholic Church in Nicaragua","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"13 \u043d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV receives the latest edition of the report \u201cNicaragua: A Persecuted Church,\u201d by Martha Patricia Molina, on Oct. 2, 2025. \/ Credit: Courtesy of Muriel Saenz ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 4, 2025 \/ 09:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV this week received the report \u201cNicaragua: A Persecuted Church\u201d by researcher Martha Patricia Molina, which details the prohibition of more than 16,500 processions and acts of piety as well as more than 1,000 attacks against the Catholic Church by\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0412 &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pope Leo XIV receives detailed report on attacks against the Catholic Church in Nicaragua","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pope-Leo-XIV-receives-detailed-report-on-attacks-against-the-Catholic-Church-in-Nicaragua.webp?fit=672%2C448&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pope-Leo-XIV-receives-detailed-report-on-attacks-against-the-Catholic-Church-in-Nicaragua.webp?fit=672%2C448&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pope-Leo-XIV-receives-detailed-report-on-attacks-against-the-Catholic-Church-in-Nicaragua.webp?fit=672%2C448&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":97324,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/priest-who-fled-nicaragua-prays-daily-for-god-to-free-country-from-cruel-regime\/","url_meta":{"origin":102303,"position":5},"title":"Priest who fled Nicaragua prays daily for God to free country from \u2018cruel regime\u2019","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"26 \u0438\u044e\u043b\u044f, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"With his hope placed in Jesus Christ and a longing to see his homeland free one day, a Nicaraguan priest carries out his ministry in Costa Rica, the country to which he came after being forced to flee due to the Nicaraguan government\u2019s persecution against the Catholic Church.\u201cIt\u2018s been 30 months since I had to flee,\u201d the priest told ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News. 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