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Prayer for Belarus: video + text
Voices from all over the world unite in prayer for Belarus. Father of all people, Mighty God and Creator! You have not forsaken the world but, out of love, you sent your only Son to open the path to your Kingdom and to release us from the power of sin, evil, hell and death. You […]
Jonathan Luxmoore. Closed trial, death in prison: Belarus increases pressure on opposition
Human rights activists in Belarus have urged the Catholic Church to speak in defense of detained citizens, after a prominent Catholic protester was sentenced at a closed trial and died in jail. “The deaths of innocent people are being provoked by secret trials, which deprive political prisoners of their right to a fair hearing and […]
Church urged to do more to help in Belarus
The ecumenical Christian Vision organisation has urged Church leaders to do more to protect Christian political prisoners in Belarus, after a young Catholic died in jail after being sentenced at a closed trial for taking part in protests. News of the Catholic prisoner’s death, four months after his trial behind closed doors, came as the […]
Statement of the Christian Vision group of the Coordination Council regarding the death in the Škloŭ prison of a political prisoner Vitold Ashurak
22 May 2021 Vitold Ashurak, a believer and activist of the Lida Roman Catholic community, died on 21 May 2021 in the penal colony in Škloŭ, where he served a five-year term. The activist was sentenced on 18 January 2021 by the Lida District judge, Maksim Filatov, under two articles of the Criminal code of […]
Crux: Belarus church cites denial of pastoral help to political
A Catholic Church spokesman confirmed that clergy are unable to minister to political prisoners in Belarus, after a Christian charity accused the country’s rulers of using the coronavirus as an excuse for refusing pastoral access. “The coronavirus is providing very neat possibilities for all kinds of negative answers,” said Father Yuri Sanko, spokesman for the […]
Belarus Catholic officials silent, but some Catholics show support quietly
While church leaders in Belarus appear to be avoiding public issues, Catholics across the country continue to demand the freeing of political prisoners and an end to regime repression. “Bishops and priests are under pressure not to speak out about human rights, and many believe this follows Vatican recommendations,” Kaciaryna Laurynenka, a Catholic theologian and […]
Bosse-Huber: “In the solitude of detention, every letter inspires hope”. EKD backs letter-writing to political prisoners in Belarus.
Bosse-Huber: “In the solitude of detention, every letter inspires hope” EKD backs letter-writing to political prisoners in Belarus. 298 people are currently in political detention in Belarus. The Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) would like to draw attention to these individuals and their fates, and appeals for volunteers to write letters to the political prisoners […]
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Irish childhood friend: «Christians of Belarus are responding in faith, hope, and love, to the need of the Belarusian people for freedom»
David Deane, Catholic theologian of Irish origin, associate professor at the Atlantic School of Theology (Halifax, Canada) gives an interview to the «Christian Vision» group of the Coordination Council. He talks about his encounter with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, shares his thoughts on the movement for democracy in Belarus and women’s political activism, and also explains why […]
The Church in Belarusian Protest: an interview about transnational solidarity and transformative potential
On 26 August 2020 riot police trapped protestors and journalists in the Red Church on Independence Square in the Belarusian capital of Minsk. Archbishop Kondrusiewicz of the Catholic Church in Belarus explicitly condemned these actions and called for an official investigation. It then became clear that both the Catholic and the Orthodox Church are no […]
