Father Joseph Illo, pastor of Star of the Sea parish in San Francisco, Gave an 11-minute homily on Palm Sunday. This is almost the most complex liturgy of the year. This one Mass goes from red […]
A Nicaraguan priest addressing the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C., under the cloak of anonymity described how the regime of President Daniel Ortega “arrested, insulted, beaten, [and] imprisoned” him. “If I’m […]
In a March 22 congressional hearing led by Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey, political refugees from Nicaragua testified about the brutal persecution they and many others have suffered under the Communist dictator Daniel Ortega on account of […]
After the government of Daniel Ortega formally banned the work of the Missionaries of Charity in Nicaragua, the religious sisters were forced out of the country by police. Before 8 a.m. on Wednesday, […]
The government of Daniel Ortega is expelling the Missionaries of Charity, the religious order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, from Nicaragua, accusing them, among other things, of violating the laws against money laundering, financing of […]
