Премьер Литвы выразила соболезнования в связи со смертью правозащитника Сергея Ковалева delfi.lt - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from delfi.lt Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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On 12 May, during his official visit to Italy, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See in Vatican. During the conversation, the interlocutors welcomed intensive and fruitful relations between Lithuania and the Holy See.
During the meeting at the Apostolic Palace, it was agreed that the two countries shared similar views on fundamental human rights, human honour and dignity, and had a common aspiration to act vigorously in the area of religious freedom.The meeting focused on the situation in Belarus and Ukraine. Landsbergis expressed Lithuania’s position on Russia’s aggressive actions in the region and on relations with Russia.The heads of diplomacy of Lithuania and the Holy See shared the same views on ensuring equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for all people in the context of the growing vaccine gap between rich and poor
Lithuanian church backtracks on plans to resume mass after outcry
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Vilnius Archbishop Gintaras Grušas / D. Umbrasas/LRT
Lithuanian Catholic Church leaders have reversed their decision to reopen churches for public worship, Vilnius Archbishop Gintaras Grušas said on Wednesday. The earlier announcement caused public outcry in the midst of a nationwide lockdown.
“In light of the current situation, today we decided not to resume public church services with the participation of worshippers,” he told a remote news conference.
Grušas said churches would remain open for private prayer and services.
The Lithuanian Bishops Conference said on Tuesday that public church services would resume on January 11, with limits on attendance.
Lithuanian church backtracks on plans to resume mass after outcry
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Vilnius Archbishop Gintaras Grušas / D. Umbrasas/LRT
Lithuanian Catholic Church leaders have reversed their decision to reopen churches for public worship, Vilnius Archbishop Gintaras Grušas said on Wednesday. The earlier announcement caused public outcry in the midst of a nationwide lockdown.
“In light of the current situation, today we decided not to resume public church services with the participation of worshippers,” he told a remote news conference.
Grušas said churches would remain open for private prayer and services.
The Lithuanian Bishops Conference said on Tuesday that public church services would resume on January 11, with limits on attendance.
Despite lockdown, Lithuanian churches to reopen for mass
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Church service / D. Umbrasas/LRT
Catholic churches in Lithuania will hold live services starting next week, the Bishops Conference announced on Tuesday, even though public events are banned under coronavirus lockdown rules.
“Yes, we have made such a decision, since people have been asking and demanding it. I think people need spirituality, they are starving for it,” Eugenijus Bartulis, the archbishop of Šiauliai, told BNS, confirming the reopening of church services.
The country is currently under a coronavirus lockdown, with non-essential services and shops as well as all public events suspended.
The Bishop s Conference, the leadership of Lithuania s Catholic Church, announced in mid-December that churches were also suspending live services in order to avoid the risk of infection. Worshipers were still allowed to visit churches for individual prayer.