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New Belarusian archbishop appointed as conflict with government continues

September 20, 2021

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CWN Editor's Note: The Eastern European nation of 9.5 million (map) is 79% Christian (64% Orthodox, 12% Catholic).

Denied entry into his homeland for four months last year by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk retired in January when he turned 75.

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Mon13 January
Ordinary Time

Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop and Doctor

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Today the Church returns to Ordinary Time, the Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time. The Church also celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Hilary of Poitiers (310-367). Hilary was one of the great champions of the Catholic belief in the divinity of Christ. By his preaching, his treatise on the…

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