The court also sentenced gardener Armando Gómez to 18 years in prison. The victims are 10 former students.

On Nov. 21, Ortega supporters tried to enter St. John the Baptist Parish in Masaya, south of Managua, the capital, forcing churchgoers to barricade the doors with pews.

A church located on the outskirts of Bolivia's capital city became an improvised morgue Nov. 20, following another deadly day of protests in the South American country.

Bolivian bishops are organizing talks between political factions as protests against the nation's new government become increasingly deadly.

"If Pope Francis is needed, we should add him.”

The Chilean bishops’ have urged political leaders to step up to their responsibility to preserve the common good and deplored acts of anarchy and looting, most recently directed against church sites themselves. But is anyone listening to them?