According to Catholic Church sources in Nicaragua, the national police have banned celebrating religious processions during Lent and Holy Week in the streets.
The decision came after President and Supreme Police Chief Daniel Ortega labeled members of the Catholic Church, including priests, bishops, cardinals, and Pope Francis, as a "mafia."
The bishop of the diocese of Leon and Chinandega, Socrates Rene Sandigo, said that the police only allowed the Stations of the Cross to take place inside or in the courtyard of churches but not in the streets.
Ortega accused the Catholic Church of being undemocratic by not allowing Catholics. . .
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