{"id":29959,"date":"2018-08-01T08:31:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T08:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=29959"},"modified":"2018-08-01T08:31:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T08:31:32","slug":"nicaragua-the-country-is-in-crisis-appeal-from-cardinal-brenes-marta-petrosillo-acn-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/08\/01\/nicaragua-the-country-is-in-crisis-appeal-from-cardinal-brenes-marta-petrosillo-acn-international\/","title":{"rendered":"NICARAGUA: &#8220;The country is in crisis&#8221; &#8211; appeal from Cardinal Brenes &#8211; Marta Petrosillo &#8211; ACN International"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>NICARAGUA<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8220;The country is in crisis&#8221; &#8211; appeal from Cardinal Brenes<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cPlease put pressure on the government, urging it to show respect for the bishops, the priests and the population.\u201d This was the appeal issued via ACN by Cardinal Leopoldo Jos\u00e9 Jos\u00e9 Brenes Solorzano, the Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Cardinal also spoke about the difficult situation in Masaya, a town some 30 km south of the capital Managua, which has become a symbol of the opposition to the government of President Daniel Ortega and which since 6 a.m. local time Tuesday has been besieged \u201cby over 1000 soldiers and police. So far no deaths have been recorded, but undoubtedly there will be numerous injured victims. The town has been submerged under a wave of bullets\u201d, the Cardinal stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A few hours previously Cardinal Brenes had called on the people of Masaya and the other areas under siege to remain in their homes in order to prevent further casualties. \u201cIt is an extremely difficult moment for the whole country\u201d, he told ACN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The clashes between loyalist and opposition forces have now been dragging on for months, while the Church herself has also been under attack. On July 9 the Cardinal was assaulted by paramilitary personnel in the Basilica of San Sebastian in Diriamba, along with his auxiliary Bishop Jos\u00e9 Silvio Baez and the apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Waldemar Stanis\u0142aw Sommertag. On 16 July Bishop Abelardo Mata miraculously escaped an armed attack attributed to paramilitary forces. The repression by the Sandinista government of Daniel Ortega is now openly directed against the Church. \u201cHearing the appeal by Pope Francis to be a \u201cfield hospital\u201d, many of our parishes have given shelter to those seeking safety and help to the injured\u201d, the Cardinal explained. \u201cUndoubtedly this has not pleased the government. Just as it has not been pleased by our efforts in trying to dismantle these paramilitary groups.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At this extremely delicate moment, Cardinal Brenes addressed an appeal to the West, and to Catholics in particular, calling for the Ortega government to be reminded to show respect towards the Church and the Nicaraguan people. \u201cAt the same time, I invite everybody to join in a chain of prayer and offer concrete support to our priests by offering Mass intentions.For in fact many of our priests have to celebrate in private, and consequently they do not receive any Mass offerings and so have no means of financial support.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWe are very close to the Church and to the Nicaraguan people, to whom we extend our solidarity and our prayers\u201d, said Regina Lynch, ACN\u2019s Head of Projects at its international headquarters in Germany. \u201cIn the next few months, we will be visiting this country of Central America in order to strengthen our bonds of communion in prayer and our pastoral support.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Marta Petrosillo &#8211; ACN International<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NICARAGUA &#8220;The country is in crisis&#8221; &#8211; appeal from Cardinal Brenes \u00a0 \u201cPlease put pressure on the government, urging it to show respect for the bishops, the priests and the population.\u201d This was the appeal issued via ACN by Cardinal Leopoldo Jos\u00e9 Jos\u00e9 Brenes Solorzano, the Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua. 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