At least 3,500 acts of religious piety in Nicaragua will have been forbidden by the Sandinista regime come the end of the 2025 Lenten period, it is reported.
Details of the clampdown come from lawyer Martha Patricia Molina, who monitors the persecution of the Catholic Church in the Central American country from exile in the United States, and who spoke to Crux about the regime’s efforts to stamp out this year's Holy Week and Easter celebrations.
According to Molina, who keeps a network of clandestine informers in distinct parts of Nicaragua and receives reports from them concerning religious freedom, Palm Sunday was particularly eerie this year, with threats from security agents who broke into churches and took pictures from Mass attendants.
