{"id":30077,"date":"2018-08-07T09:37:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T09:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=30077"},"modified":"2018-08-07T14:15:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T14:15:41","slug":"nicaragua-thousands-march-in-support-of-bishops-after-attack-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/08\/07\/nicaragua-thousands-march-in-support-of-bishops-after-attack-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"NICARAGUA: Thousands march in support of bishops after\u00a0attack- ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>NICARAGUA<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Thousands march in support of bishops after attack<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thousands of Nicaraguans marched through the capital, Managua, bearing images of the Virgin Mary and Nicaraguan flags in a show of support for the country\u2019s bishops who are mediating in the National Dialogue Process between the government and the opposition and have been attacked by paramilitaries with ties to the government. Demonstrators carried banners saying \u201cThank you, courageous bishops, for being with your people\u201d and \u201cThe bishops, heroes of peace.\u201d Catholics, evangelicals, and even non-Christians took part in the rally, shouting \u201cfreedom\u201d and \u201cBishop, the people are with you.\u201d One evangelical, Henry Aguilar, said that non-Catholic churches had joined the demonstration in support of the Catholic bishops \u201cbecause we are Nicaraguans, and the same system attacking them is also attacking us.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nicaraguans took to the streets in support of the Church after Ortega accused the bishops of being \u201cpart of the plan with those plotting a coup,\u201d when they proposed that he hold early presidential elections to alleviate tensions in the country and not run for office again.\u00a0 Elma Amador, a Mormon who was one of the demonstrators, said that President Ortega \u201cknows he\u2019s lying, he knows the bishops are not attempting a coup. He\u2019s afraid that the people have risen up, have woken up, and that\u2019s why he makes baseless accusations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Outcry for Nicaragua movement and the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy organised the march \u00a0with the theme of \u201cPilgrimage for our bishops, defenders of truth and justice.\u201d The Nicaraguan Bishops\u2019 Conference did not participate in the event. The march ended at Managua cathedral, where Carlos Avil\u00e9s, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Managua, told the demonstrators that \u201cthe Catholic Church, even if it is mistreated, even though they criticize it, will always choose justice and dialogue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The march was another demonstration of popular opposition to President Ortega, who is reviled by large sections of Nicaragua\u2019s population after a brutal three-month crackdown on anti-government protests in which more than 300 people have been killed. \u201cGiven this supremely critical situation, [the church] has, yesterday, today and forever, given life and voice to those who have no voice,\u201d said Fr Silvio Fonseca, a priest who attended the march.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cardinal Brenes of Managua posted a message on the archdiocese\u2019s Facebook page the day after the march in which he thanked \u201cthe lay people of the Catholic Church, our faithful, as well as many members of the other sister churches that joined that pilgrimage, and also other organizations, men and women of good will who came together to support the work the Bishops\u2019 Conference is doing.\u201d\u00a0 Brenes said that \u201cthe bishops of Nicaragua took up this request of the Presidency to participate as mediators and witnesses [in the national peace talks to resolve the crisis], and we are doing it with an attitude of service.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWe are rendering a service, but we do not seek to be kings, nor the president, nor ministers, nor anything of the kind, we are just servants,\u201d he stated. \u201cOur thanks to all those brothers who yesterday demonstrated here in Managua and in other dioceses\u2026we ask you for your prayers since that is what strengthens us.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>ACN Malta<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NICARAGUA Thousands march in support of bishops after attack &nbsp; 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