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In a new attack against the Catholic Church and other Christians in Nicaragua, the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, has canceled the legal personhood of several religious congregations and evangelical groups.
On Jan. 16, the Ministry of the Interior published in the official government newspaper La Gaceta the agreement ordering the measure, signed by Minister María Amelia Coronel Kinloch, and affecting 16 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 10 of which are Catholic and evangelical institutions.
Of the 16 groups, nine organizations were dissolved by order of the government and their assets will be expropriated, while the other seven, according to the government notice, requested voluntary cancellation.
The six government-dissolved religious groups are the Consecrated Missionaries of the Most Holy Savior Foundation, the Missionaries of the Company of Mary Association (Montfort Missionaries), the Jehovah Will Provide Pentecost Mission Association, the Evangelistic and Prophetic Apostolic Mission Association, the New Restoration Family Church Foundation, and the Worldwide Missions Association of Nicaragua.
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On Jan. 16, the Ministry of the Interior published in the official government newspaper La Gaceta the agreement ordering the measure, signed by Minister María Amelia Coronel Kinloch, and affecting 16 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 10 of which are Catholic and evangelical institutions.
Of the 16 groups, nine organizations were dissolved by order of the government and their assets will be expropriated, while the other seven, according to the government notice, requested voluntary cancellation.
The six government-dissolved religious groups are the Consecrated Missionaries of the Most Holy Savior Foundation, the Missionaries of the Company of Mary Association (Montfort Missionaries), the Jehovah Will Provide Pentecost Mission Association, the Evangelistic and Prophetic Apostolic Mission Association, the New Restoration Family Church Foundation, and the Worldwide Missions Association of Nicaragua.
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Dictatorship in Nicaragua cancels legal personhood of 10 Catholic and evangelical NGOs
The measure affects 16 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 10 of which are Catholic and evangelical institutions.
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