Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting in Minsk in 2020. The Church in Belarus is suffering persecution from the regime of Lukashenko with the state interfering in traditional Corpus Christi processions and arresting priests. Photo: OSV News/Maxim Guchek/BelTA, Reuters A Catholic parish priest accused of “offending state authorities” in Belarus said he understood the hardships facing prisoners of conscience after just four days in jail. “I wouldn’t wish this on anyone – not a single hour in such a place,” said Fr Andrej Kulik, rector of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish…
