Today we remember the struggle of the Lithuanian people and remember our obligation to continue to work for their freedom. For the past 70 years. the sovereignty of the Lithuanian people has been denied. Since the Soviet occupation in 1940. the people of Lithuania suffered the loss of their religious freedom and of their fundamental human rights. Furthermore. thousands of Lithuanians have been forced from their homeland. Between 1945 and 1951. an estimated 350.000 Lithuanians. or 10 percent of the present population were arrested and deported. The Soviet Government continues a campaign and repression against the Lithuanian Catholic Church. The Government strictly controls the training of clergy and the printing of religious literature. including the New Testament.
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