Bishop Baez’s comments were published April 10 in a wide-ranging interview that touched on his exile, the pope’s perceived silence on Nicaragua and the church’s role in facing the country’s increasingly despotic president.
Exiled bishop says he’s sure pope is working to help Nicaraguan prisoners
Human rights advocate says universal church has kept hope in Venezuela
With help from the Catholic Church in the United States and elsewhere in the world, Venezuela’s Catholics have been able to maintain ministries among the country’s most downtrodden.
Christian group calls for free election amid rare protests in Cuba
Cuba has seen demonstrations in its major cities joined by thousands of people to protest the unprecedented scarcity of essentials and the rising death toll caused by COVID-19.
Belarus Catholic officials silent, but some Catholics show support quietly
While church leaders in Belarus appear to be avoiding public issues, Catholics across the country continue to demand the freeing of political prisoners and an end to regime repression.
Nicaraguan authorities block priest, families from attending Mass
A Nicaraguan priest has denounced intimidation by the police who prevented family members of political prisoners from attending a Mass in their honor.