Nicaraguan Regime’s Assault on Catholicism Exposes Modernist Betrayal
Catholic News Agency reports on Open Doors’ 2026 World Watch List, which ranks Nicaragua 32nd for Christian persecution under Daniel Ortega’s regime. The article details confiscation of 43 Church properties, 1,030 attacks against Catholics, exile of four bishops, and surveillance of clergy. Open Doors – an ecumenical organization – frames the conflict through secular human rights language, emphasizing “silencing of dissenting voices” and interdenominational persecution while noting Catholics as “primary targets.” The report avoids theological analysis, reducing the conflict to political repression rather than spiritual warfare against the Mystical Body of Christ. **This naturalistic framing constitutes complicity with the persecutors’ worldview.**