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'Parishes are on their own,' says Nicaraguan priest as regime's repression targets diocese
(OSV News) -- At least 11 churchmen have been detained by police and paramilitaries over a weeklong assault in northern Nicaragua, depleting the already demoralized Diocese of Matagalpa -- whose leader, Bishop Rolando Álvarez, lives in exile. Nine priests …