From The Christian Post:
Nicaragua’s government has prohibited the ordination of new Catholic priests and deacons in several dioceses, a move church leaders say intensifies pressure on religious communities in the country.
According to reports published by ACI Prensa, the measure directly affects the dioceses of Jinotega, Siuna, Matagalpa and Estelí — territories currently under heavy government pressure and without the presence of their resident bishops. This administrative and police restriction represents a direct blow to the ministerial structure of Nicaragua’s Catholic Church, preventing young men who have completed their theological training from formally serving their congregations. Local leaders say police are preventing any outside bishop from conducting ordination rites, reinforcing what analysts say is an attempt to dismantle the institutional presence of the Church in the country.