Nicaraguan regime freezes bank accounts of dioceses nationwide in another wave of church persecution

(OSV News) -- Nicaragua has frozen the bank accounts of dioceses nationwide as the regime of President Daniel Ortega escalates its persecution of the Catholic Church with accusations of theft and money laundering.The country's banking regulator also requested of the Nicaraguan bishops' conference and Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes of Managua 'the presentation of the documents that show the movements of the dioceses' bank accounts so that the laws of the country are complied with at all times, avoiding

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