{"id":34406,"date":"2019-09-11T09:42:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T09:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=34406"},"modified":"2019-09-11T09:42:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T09:42:52","slug":"nicaragua-bishops-call-for-urgent-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2019\/09\/11\/nicaragua-bishops-call-for-urgent-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"NICARAGUA: Bishops Call for Urgent Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bishops&#8217; Conference of Nicaragua has announced a week of prayer for the country at a time when the United Nations has warned of serious rights violations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The week of prayer began Sept. 8, feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and will continue till Sept. 15 when Nicaragua celebrates its national independence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the theme for the week of prayer is &#8220;Justice and peace will kiss&#8221; inspired by Psalm 85, each day of the week will have its own special theme for prayer \u2014 Sunday Sept. 8: dedicated to children and catechists; Monday Sept. 9: for farmers; Tuesday 10: clergy, religious and pastoral workers; Wednesday 11: lay movements; Thursday 12: families; Friday 13: penitential celebration for all; Saturday 14: the sick; Sunday 15: youth and prayer for authorities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bishop Rolando Jos\u00e9 \u00c1lvarez Lagos of Matagalpa invited everyone join in the prayer and &#8220;to make ours the sufferings of the poor, the hungry, those who are society&#8217;s marginalized due to the arrogance of the strong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to an AFP report, U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet and her office reported a wide range of violations committed in Nicaragua since April 2018, when opposition protests turned into a popular uprising that was met with a brutal crackdown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The U.N. recorded more than 300 people killed, some 2,000 injured and some 800 imprisoned at the height of the crisis. 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