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Russia: local officials deny permit to complete Catholic parish
October 10, 2011
Archbishop Paolo Pezzi of Moscow decried the “deliberate discrimination against the Catholic population of Pskov” after officials there refused to renew a permit that would have allowed for the completion of a Catholic parish. Pskov is a city of 200,000 in western Russia.
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Further information:
- Russia Denies Permit to Build Catholic Church (Zenit)
- Catholic church endangered in Pskov, Russia (Catholicism Pure and Simple)
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