Odesa authorities ban procession of Roman Catholic community

23.08.2011, 09:43
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The sixth Diocesan Youth Day was held in Odesa from August 19 to 21. Youth from the Odesa-Simferopol diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, and also Khmelnytsky, Kyiv, Zhytomyr Oblasts attended this event.

Одеса.gifThe sixth Diocesan Youth Day was held in Odesa from August 19 to 21. Youth from the Odesa-Simferopol diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, and also Khmelnytsky, Kyiv, Zhytomyr Oblasts attended this event.

In previous years on the last day of the meeting young people made a Cross Procession from the Church of St. Peter to the Assumption Cathedral. But this year for first time authorities of Odesa did not issue a permission and did not take measures to redirect traffic.

As Bishop Bronislaw Bernatsky said, he sees in the actions of the Odesa city government  a tendency to restrict the rights of the Catholic community in Odesa. This year the Odesa authorities also banned the procession during Corpus Christi holiday.