{"id":2587152,"date":"2026-04-04T13:44:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-persecution-ramps-up-in-latin-american-country\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T13:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:47:42","slug":"christian-persecution-ramps-up-in-latin-american-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-persecution-ramps-up-in-latin-american-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Persecution Ramps Up in Latin American Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchristian-persecution-ramps-up-in-latin-american-country%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2587152&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A new United Nations report reveals escalating persecution of Christians in nicaragua by the government. The UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua says the state is responsible for serious,systematic,and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-appears-to-be-profiting-from-chinas-ongoing-genocide-via-a-1-million-investment-report\/\" title=\"John Kerry Appears to Be Profiting from China&#039;s &#039;Ongoing Genocide&#039; via a  Million Investment: ...\">widespread <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women&#039;s Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears &#039;Black Lives Matter&#039;\">human rights<\/a> violations<\/a>,some amounting to crimes against humanity. The report documents a broadening list of victims as 2023, including university students, faculty, campesinos, Indigenous peoples, people of African descent, and members of Catholic and other Christian churches. International Christian Concern notes that shortly after the UN release, Nicaragua banned the ordination of Roman Catholic priests in several dioceses. The persecution has left some regions without bishops and has driven about three-quarters of Roman Catholic clergy in Matagalpa into exile; the government has targeted the Catholic Church since 2019 when churches sheltered student protesters. It has also threatened family and friends of exiled Christian leaders and engaged in arbitrary deprivation of nationality on political grounds. The UN has urged an end to the persecution and full respect for freedom of religion. The country\u2019s Christian population remains large, with shifts in religious affiliation over time (Catholic ~41% and evangelical Protestants ~38% in 2022, down from 59% Catholic in 2005). In February 2025, Nicaragua withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council after a strong UN rebuke, and it is indeed currently listed by the U.S. State Department as a Country of Particular Concern for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baffling-error-joe-biden-removes-nigeria-from-religious-oppressor-list-despite-christian-persecution\/\" title=\"&#039;Baffling Error:&#039; Joe Biden Removes Nigeria from Religious Oppressor List Despite Christian ...\">religious freedom violations<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A new report from the United Nations revealed that persecution from the Nicaraguan government toward Christians is increasing.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations&rsquo; Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua found that the Latin American nation&rsquo;s government is responsible for &ldquo;serious, systematic and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >widespread human rights violations &#038;mdash<\/a>; some amounting to crimes against humanity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.un.org\/en\/A\/HRC\/61\/56\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the entity, published last month, noted that they have &ldquo;documented how the profile of victims has further widened&rdquo; since 2023 as the government deems more groups as threats to their power.<\/p>\n<p>That includes &ldquo;university students, faculty and staff, campesinos, Indigenous Peoples, people of African descent, and members of the Catholic and other Christian churches.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>International Christian Concern <a href=\"https:\/\/persecution.org\/2026\/03\/25\/u-n-report-highlights-widespread-abuses-by-nicaraguan-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> that just days after the United Nations report was released, Nicaragua banned the ordination of Roman Catholic priests in the dioceses of &ldquo;Jinotega, Siuna, Matagalpa, and Estel&iacute;.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Those regions currently do not have bishops because of the persecution.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly three-quarters of Roman Catholic clergy in Matagalpa have been pushed into exile.<\/p>\n<p>International Christian Concern explained that the government has &ldquo;aggressively targeted the Catholic church in Nicaragua since 2019, when some churches decided to shelter student protestors from police brutality.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The government has also threatened to penalize family members, friends, and parishioners of exiled Christian and Roman Catholic leaders if they speak against the oppression in the United States or elsewhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Christians have similarly faced the &ldquo;arbitrary deprivation of nationality&rdquo; on political grounds.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations entity called for &ldquo;ceasing the persecution of members of the Catholic and other Christian churches, ensuring full respect for the right to freedom of religion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The repression comes even as a decisive majority of the Nicaraguan population identifies with the Christian faith.<\/p>\n<p>As of 2005, the population was 59 percent Roman Catholic and 22 percent evangelical Protestant, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom\/nicaragua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the U.S. State Department.<\/p>\n<p>But more recent data indicated that evangelical Protestantism had increased to 38 percent and Roman Catholicism had declined to 41 percent as of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Nicaraguan government withdrew from the U.N. Human Rights Council in February 2025, per International Christian Concern.<\/p>\n<p>That move came shortly after United Nations officials &ldquo;released a strongly worded report rebuking it for systematically cracking down on human rights, democratic norms, and religious groups.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Nicaragua is currently on the U.S. State Department&rsquo;s Countries of Particular Concern list for religious freedom violations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Since 2023, the list of targeted groups has grown to include university students and staff, rural workers (campesinos), Indigenous peoples, people of African descent, and members of the Catholic and other Christian churches. International Christian Concern noted that just days after the UN report, Nicaragua banned the ordination of Roman Catholic priests in the Jinotega, Siuna, Matagalpa, and Estel\u00ed dioceses. As a result, many regions lack bishops, and in Matagalpa about three-quarters of Roman Catholic clergy have been forced into exile. The organization says the government has aggressively pursued the Catholic Church since 2019, including when churches sheltered student protesters from police brutality, and it has even threatened relatives and parishioners of exiled Christian leaders if they speak out abroad. Christians have also faced arbitrary deprivation of nationality on political grounds. The UN called for an end to the persecution and for full respect of religious freedom. The article notes that even though most Nicaraguans identify as Christian, the religious composition has shifted since 2005 (then 59% Roman Catholic and 22% evangelical Protestant) to around 41% Roman Catholic and 38% evangelical Protestant by 2022. Nicaragua withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council in February 2025, after UN officials criticized its record on human rights, democracy, and religious freedom. The United States continues to list Nicaragua as a Country of Particular Concern for religious freedom violations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2587153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Michael-Featured-Image-872.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[77152,76068,74602,77153,75807],"class_list":["post-2587152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-christian-persecution-2","tag-human-rights-2","tag-latin-america-2","tag-regional-news","tag-religious-freedom-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Michael-Featured-Image-872.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587152"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587156,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587152\/revisions\/2587156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}