Catholic Dictionary
Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
Your Term:
PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
A term especially applied to the thousands of persons behind the Iron Curtain who have been imprisoned for their religious beliefs. Many are sent, with or without trial, for psychiatric treatment in order to change their thinking or keep them from influencing others.
