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The Way of the Cross in a parish of the Archdiocese of Managua, Nicaragua. / Credit: El Calvario Masaya ParishACI Prensa Staff, Feb 28, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).The Nicaraguan dictatorship led by Daniel Ortega has prohibited holding the Stations of the Cross in the streets the same week that the dictator accused the Church of being a "mafia."Local media reported Feb. 23 and 24 that the government had banned the Stations of the Cross, a traditional practice during Lent and Holy Week.According to the Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa, Father Winder Morales of the Diocese of Granada said that "the Stations of the Cross that we traditionally do on Fridays of Lent can only make its way around the cathedral."A source from the Church in Managua told La Prensa that "after the Ash Wednesday Mass, the authorities [police] arrived to inform them that there was no permission for security reasons to do the Stations of the Cross."The Nicaragua Actual newspaper published the t

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