As parishes face pressure under a new religious law, in Belarus clergy are also deleting their social media profiles to avoid arrest, according to church sources,. “With church communities required to re-register, all are vulnerable to new restrictions,” explained Natallia Vasilevich, coordinator of the ecumenical Christian Vision organisation, referencing a recent law that requires all Read more
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Belarus re-invites Pope to visit
Monday, September 14th, 2020
Belarus has renewed its 2016 invitation to Pope Francis to visit the country. Vladimir Makei, the Belarus Minister of Foreign Affairs, reiterated the invitation during a meeting with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, who is the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States. Makei told Gallagher, who was visiting Belarus, that the invitation remained open despite tensions Read more
Belarus archbishop blocked at border; warns of civil war
Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
Border guards blocked a Belarus archbishop from re-entering his country this week. On Monday Catholic Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev was attempting to enter Belarus from Poland. Although the border guards “behaved very correctly,” their decision to refuse him entry to his homeland was “absolutely incomprehensible” and contravened the law, Kondrusiewicz says. “No explanation was Read more