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Like others, he says Mass-goers have started noticing people in the pews they have never seen before and fear they’re there to report on any whiff of opposition to the government, even if only a prayer for the safety of clergy imprisoned in often dangerous conditions.
Catholic Church crackdown in Nicaragua spreads fear among faithful in country and exile →
On Sept. 29, 2018, Mr. Ortega declared all political demonstrations illegal and unleashed a war against Catholics as if they were as much a threat to his power as the U.S.-backed Contras who exchanged gunfire with the Sandinistas in the 1980s.
