Vladimir Rozanskij

Message from the Archbishop of Minsk to Msgr. Ante Jozic: "We are witnesses of bloodshed on the streets and squares of our cities ... We need your support, as the Holy See representative, and we look forward to your arrival in our country". Police unleash violence against opposition marches, led by women. Lukashenko claims Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine and the West want to reduce Belarus "to a state similar to Venezuela". The igumena Gavriila (Glukhova), superior of the patriarchal convent of the Mother of God in Grodno, terms the opposition "a crowd of idiots".

Secretary of State Card. Parolin confirms the Pope is considering a visit. The Belarusian foreign minister, Vladimir Makeev, also invited the pontiff a few days ago. The ordination of the new nuncio Ante Jozic and his dispatch to Minsk, read as a Vatican recognition of the legitimacy of Lukashenko's presidential election. Kolesnikova accused of threatening national security.

Customs authorities claim the bishop’s expulsion is part of a routine "verification". Theologian Natalia Vasilievich: These people are only capable of using force, fear and intimidation, but this childishness is not worthy of power. Daily procession in Minsk to demand the return of Kondrusiewicz and an end to persecution. Card. Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, in support of the prelate's return. Orthodox: In the face of bestiality and the offenses of dignity, the Church cannot remain neutral. Naval'nyj excludes inquiries into incident.

Ksenja Fadeeva was Naval’ny staff coordinator. The blogger, head of the opposition, woke up from a coma and even managed to get up. In the regional elections in several cities of Siberia encouraging results are expected for the opposition. Everywhere the slogan rebounds "The United Russia party [Putin's ed] has bored us!". Yesterday in Sochi the summit between Putin and Lukashenko. Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz is now in Lithuania. Authorities said his Belarusian passport "is not valid".

Tensions within the Russian Church in aftermath of Covid-19 . Tužikov refused an honor bestowed on him by Kirill. Mark's position is perhaps linked to the controversial pilgrimage to Velikoretskoe, which in June caused many coronavirus infections, and took place in the metropolis of Vyat'ka.

In the absence of an apostolic nuncio to Belarus, the Vatican Secretary for Relations with States wishes to dialogue with the government authorities over their ban on allowing the Archbishop of Minsk, Metropolitan Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, to return home. The Russian bishops: Do not be afraid! God's people pray for Belarus. New arrests and violence at the red church in Minsk.

She is a senior member of the opposition. Two other members of the Coordination Committee were deported to Ukraine. State media accuse them of "fleeing". Svetlana Tikhanovskaja: State “terrorism”. Msgr. Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Archbishop of Minsk, still blocked in Poland. Moscow students in support of the Belarusian opposition.

Plainclothes police men with masks picked her up yesterday morning, put her on a minibus and nothing more is known about her. The opposition Council spokesman and the secretary, Anton Rodnenkov and Ivan Kravtsov have also disappeared. Bishop Kosobutskij: We have changed, and there is no return, but there is a great good that awaits us, it is our solidarity. Arrests and beatings at the "March of Unity". In Khabarovsk (Russia), on the 58th day of demonstrations, people shout: "Putin resign!" and "Freedom from east to west!".

The Archbishop of Minsk-Mogilev gives some interviews and speaks of the crisis in his country and his priestly experience. The Belarusian people are peaceful, but they want changes. President Lukashenko was surprised by the turn of events. In forced exile in Poland, the prelate hopes to be able to return to his homeland: I feel the moral support of the Vatican authorities. The Orthodox Bishop of Grodno to the authorities: Stop, you do not act according to the Gospel!

Still no official explanation for the refusal to grant re-entry to the Archbishop of Minsk. Bishop Kosobutskij: The bishops have the right and the duty not to remain indifferent to what is happening in society. The government did not invite Catholic representatives to the Interreligious Consultative Council: "It is a new form of persecution". The protests on the 25th day. The similarities with Solidarność.

For the Belarusian president, he is part of "a list of undesirable people", shared by the two nations. He claims the metropolitan left the country "unexpectedly" to "receive particular directives" in Poland. Archbishop Kondrusiewicz participated in Marian celebrations in Częstochowa. Orthodox Church: "Strange and incomprehensible" the refusal of entry to Kondrusiewicz.

He had been in Poland for a few days to participate in some Marian celebrations in Częstochowa. The Belarus State Border Commission gives no reasons for the ban. Suspicions that Lukashenko did not like the archbishop’s gestures and comments on the elections and his closeness to the prisoners. The Orthodox Metropolitan of Minsk, Pavel, is transferred to Russia. The new Orthodox Metropolitan of Minsk is Venjamin Tupeko.