Clergymen carry candles during the annual feast of the Icon of the Mother of God procession July 5, 2019, in the village of Budslav, Belarus.
Photo: OSV News/Vasily Fedosenko, Reuters Jonathan Luxmoore Priests and lay Catholics from Belarus said they still hope their Church’s situation will improve, despite the continued arrests of clergy and new religious restrictions that are imminent. “Priests are being targeted on various pretexts, and many Catholics feel pressured and harassed,” explained Fr Dzmitry Prystupa, from Baranavichy in Belarus’ southern Diocese of…
