The situation of the Catholic Church in Belarus during the socio-political crisis of 2020-2021: historical and religious analysis
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52761/2522-1558.2021.16.16Keywords:
the Catholic Church, Metropolitan Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, the Apostolic Capital, Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, repression, protests, socio-political crisisAbstract
The purpose of the study is to highlight the position and activities of the Catholic Church in the context of state-church relations in the socio-political crisis in Belarus in 2020-2021, persecution by the ruling authorities of Belarus, clarifying the position of the Apostolic See.
The research methodology is based on the scientific principles of objectivity and historicism, special scientific methods of critical analysis of sources, problem-chronological and system-structural.
The scientific novelty is to clarify the place and role of the hierarchy and clergy of the Catholic Church, their persecution by the ruling authorities of Belarus during the socio-political crisis of 2020-2021.
Conclusions: Socio-political crisis in Belarus in 2020-2021, provoked by the results unfair election of the President of the country, aroused the whole public, and thus did not leave indifferent the Catholic Church. As spiritual children of the ancestors of the Uniate generation, the Belarusians chose the path of change and carried out a moral and ethical revolution, where human dignity overcomes ignorance. They are building a new Belarus, realizing that the only right path is through repentance, and in this way the Catholic Church together with the people. History is coming to light before our eyes.
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