Catholic Church in Belarus

In the subsequent centuries, Catholicism gradually became a dominant religion of Belarusian nobility (the szlachta) and of a large part of the population of West Belarus.

According to official government data, As of 2015[update], there were 674,500 Catholics in the country, about 7.1% of the total population.

Polish and Lithuanian minorities in Belarus are predominantly Latin-Rite Catholics.

In August 2020, the leader of the Catholic Church in Belarus, Tadevuš Kandrusievič, was banned from returning to Belarus from Poland for several months after condemning violence during mass protests.

[7][8] In July 2021, Alexander Lukashenko tried to intervene in the prayer schedule warning Catholic priests not to perform the religious song "The Almighty God" (Belarusian: Магутны Божа).