AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church renounces the procession of the patron saint, in protest against the violence of the government

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Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Masaya has decided to celebrate the Patron Saint San Jeronimo, which is celebrated on September 20, in prayer and silence, without public expressions and the traditional religious procession, in a city where the police have killed so many protesters who demand freedom and peace for Nicaragua. But some groups, organized by the local government, took a non-original statue of the saint, and organized a procession: it was not authorized by the Church and only a few people took part. However, the procession found the churches closed and no popular participation. In Masaya, San Jeronimo feast is usually a sea of people, and there are unique moments when the Saint receives homage and special thanks from the population when he leaves the church. But this time, there were no priests, no prayers, not even members of religious confraternities who usually carry the statue of the saint on their shoulders through the streets of Masaya.
Meanwhile, as Agenzia Fides learns, Catholic leaders continue to urge people to participate in peaceful and popular demonstrations to demand justice and legality. The Bishop of Matagalpa, Mgr. Rolando José Alvarez invited all believers and non-Catholic citizens to a great pilgrimage on September 24th to Matagalpa to ask the Virgin of the Mercede for peace and justice.
Meanwhile, after more than five months of protest against Ortega, on 21 September, International Day for Peace was celebrated with countless artistic expressions in which the intervention of international organizations was asked, which in recent weeks have begun to consider democracy in Nicaragua "at risk".
The Catholic Church expects and hopes for the resumption of the dialogue table, but continues to denounce the violence of the government and the violation of fundamental human rights, the unfair treatment of the families of political prisoners, who cannot be visited. Many of these "prisoners" are jailed for "terrorism". (CE) (Agenzia Fides, 22/09/2018)