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Nicaragua´s Catholic Church says priest detained as crackdown intensifies

Reuters A Nicaraguan Catholic priest from a northern parish was detained after celebrating Mass, the church said, amid rising tensions between the church and the government of President Daniel Ortega. The diocese of Siuna, around 300 kilometres north-east of Managua, said in a statement on Sunday evening that priest Oscar Benavidez had been detained.  “We […]