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The Present Situation of the Church in Lithuania
Romualdas Dulskis
; Univcerity of Vvtautas Magnus in Kaunasu
Abstract
"Land of Martyrs and Confessors", that's how Pope J o h n Paul II
referred to Lithuania during his visit in 1993. In spite of 50 years of
Communist atheistic propaganda, faith in God and a true spiritual
feeling has remained in the Lithuanian nation. The Soviet period left
deep wounds. Apart from the martyrs and confessors, we also see
negative aspects of society: pragmatism, hedonism and a superficial
knowledge of the Christian faith, lack of responsibility and
corruption. In the presence of the death culture of secularism, the
Church recruits bishops, priests and the faithful lay people to fight
against the negative life tendencies of societv. Hope exists in the fact
that one can notice an authentic spiritual seeking in societv. Not only
with older people, but also wlth the youth one can notice a discontent
to seek just materialistic well being or to follow the death culture.
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Publication date:
21.9.2004.
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