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President of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

A man prays at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, in August 2022. Oswaldo Rivas/AFP via Getty Images

September 25, 2024

Continuing crackdown on churches and NGOs moves Nicaragua further from democracy to authoritarianism

Richard Wood, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

As one of the last large, influential organizations outside the government, the church is being targeted in Daniel Ortega’s ongoing crackdown.

Delegates attend the opening of the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on Oct. 4, 2023, at the Vatican. Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images

October 24, 2023

Hot‑button topics may get public attention at the Vatican synod, but a more fundamental issue for the Catholic Church is at the heart of debate

Richard Wood, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality is attempting to move the church toward a more dialogue-based model of authority, a scholar of Catholicism explains.

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