2012-06-14 10:59:16

Lithuania’s Bishop Gintaras Grusas: post Communist faith


Lithuania shares the challenges that secularism poses to the Universal Church but its Communist history puts a different twist on the problem.

Speaking on the sidelines of the International Eucharistic Congress this week in Dublin, Ireland, the General Secretary of the Lithuanian Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Gintaras Grusas expresses his hope that things are improving in the Lithuanian Church.

“Within the last twenty years, those who had in difficult times attended mass, continue to attend. But the reaching out, the evangelization, the catechesis of our youth is still an important task.”

“I think the Holy Father really hit the nail on the head with the declaration of the upcoming year of faith. I think understanding what is faith, getting a deeper understanding of the meaning of the Eucharist and the meaning of the Church is probably the principle thing that we need to do in order to have people live it.”

Listen to the full interview as Emer McCarthy asks Bishop Grusas about religious freedom in Lithuania today and why he speaks with such an American accent!
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