{"id":60921,"date":"2024-01-14T14:33:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T11:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=60921"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"ten-catholic-priests-arrested-in-belarus-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/60921\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Catholic priests arrested in Belarus in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/genrikh_okolotovich_catolik_by.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/genrikh_okolotovich_catolik_by.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/genrikh_okolotovich_catolik_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/genrikh_okolotovich_catolik_by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/genrikh_okolotovich_catolik_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/genrikh_okolotovich_catolik_by-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Hienrych Aka\u0142atovi\u010d \n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(catholic.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 14, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>In 2023, police arrested at least 10 Catholic priests in Belarus and three of them remain behind bars, said Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), an international Catholic aid organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 132 Catholic priests were arrested, kidnapped or murdered during 2023 around the world, it reported, noting that Belarus ranked second after Nicaragua where 46 priests were arrested last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The relationship between the Belarusian authorities and the Catholic Church has soured after the 2020 disputed presidential election, as many Catholic priests and believers openly opposed the government\u2019s brutal crackdown on protests. The church leadership, however, took a neutral stance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police continue persecuting priests, while religion laws in the country have become more restrictive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In mid-November, Catholic priest Hienrych Aka\u0142atovi\u010d from Va\u0142o\u017eyn, Minsk region, was charged with high treason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija, a group that monitors reprisals against Christians in Belarus, at least 60 priests, including 19 Orthodox, 22 Roman Catholic, and 14 Protestant, suffered from reprisals between 2020 and August 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 14, Pozirk. In 2023, police arrested at least 10 Catholic priests in Belarus and three of them remain behind bars, said Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), an international Catholic aid organization. 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