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.
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A Christian campaigner has urged church leaders and the Vatican to condemn worsening human rights abuses in Belarus, after another Catholic priest was arrested in front of parishioners.