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From seminarian in Nicaragua to priest in Miami: ‘I carry my people and my homeland in my heart’

From seminarian in Nicaragua to priest in Miami: ‘I carry my people and my homeland in my heart’

Wednesday, May 13, 2026
The Ortega regime’s repression of the Catholic Church could not silence God's call to Cristhian Mendieta. Having fled Nicaragua as a seminarian, the young man was ordained to the priesthood in Miami.