{"id":78421,"date":"2026-03-19T17:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=78421"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:06:08","slug":"armenian-catholicos-faces-criminal-charges-travel-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/armenian-catholicos-faces-criminal-charges-travel-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat\u00f3lico arm\u00e9nio enfrenta acusa\u00e7\u00f5es criminais e proibi\u00e7\u00e3o de viagem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Os procuradores arm\u00e9nios abriram um processo criminal contra a figura religiosa mais alta do pa\u00eds, o Cat\u00f3lico de Todos os Arm\u00e9nios, Karekin II.<\/p>\n<p>Para al\u00e9m das acusa\u00e7\u00f5es criminais, o Cat\u00f3lico foi tamb\u00e9m proibido de viajar para o estrangeiro, segundo o advogado Ara Zohrabyan. O momento da proibi\u00e7\u00e3o coincide com uma importante assembleia de bispos arm\u00e9nios agendada para se reunir na \u00c1ustria esta semana e impediu o Cat\u00f3lico de comparecer.<\/p>\n<p>As acusa\u00e7\u00f5es baseiam-se na decis\u00e3o do Cat\u00f3lico de destituir o Bispo Saroyan, que anteriormente tinha pedido publicamente a demiss\u00e3o do Cat\u00f3lico. O Bispo Saroyan foi inicialmente removido do seu cargo de gest\u00e3o como chefe diocesano em janeiro, antes de os tribunais ordenarem \u00e0 igreja que o reintegrasse temporariamente. O Cat\u00f3lico respondeu destituindo-o completamente.<\/p>\n<p>Os procuradores argumentam que a destitui\u00e7\u00e3o constitui uma obstru\u00e7\u00e3o ilegal da ordem judicial, uma alega\u00e7\u00e3o que os cr\u00edticos da acusa\u00e7\u00e3o citam como a mais recente de uma longa s\u00e9rie de a\u00e7\u00f5es governamentais destinadas a reduzir a independ\u00eancia da Igreja Apost\u00f3lica Arm\u00e9nia na gest\u00e3o dos seus assuntos internos.<\/p>\n<p>Os observadores dos direitos humanos e os defensores da liberdade religiosa come\u00e7aram a manifestar-se contra a atividade do governo, com um analista a dizer \u00e0 International Christian Concern (ICC) numa entrevista privada que as acusa\u00e7\u00f5es criminais representam uma escalada sem precedentes e indicam uma clara viola\u00e7\u00e3o da leg\u00edtima independ\u00eancia da igreja.<\/p>\n<p>Os eventos desta semana surgem no meio de um conflito acrimonioso que cresceu durante o \u00faltimo ano entre o Primeiro-Ministro Nikol Pashinyan e a Igreja Apost\u00f3lica Arm\u00e9nia, no qual Pashinyan apelou repetidamente \u00e0 demiss\u00e3o do Cat\u00f3lico e insistiu em n\u00edveis sem precedentes de supervis\u00e3o e influ\u00eancia governamental sobre os assuntos da igreja.<\/p>\n<p>Na semana passada, o Vice-Presidente dos EUA, JD Vance, visitou a Arm\u00e9nia, marcando a primeira vez que um presidente ou vice-presidente dos EUA em exerc\u00edcio visita o pa\u00eds. Entre outras paragens, ele e a sua esposa visitaram um memorial que comemora o genoc\u00eddio arm\u00e9nio do in\u00edcio do s\u00e9culo XX. Uma publica\u00e7\u00e3o nas redes sociais do Vice-Presidente Vance referindo-se ao genoc\u00eddio foi rapidamente eliminada, com os funcion\u00e1rios da Casa Branca a culparem um funcion\u00e1rio das redes sociais pela refer\u00eancia.<\/p>\n<p>Embora o Presidente Joe Biden tenha reconhecido o genoc\u00eddio em 2021, nenhum outro presidente reconheceu o assassinato de 1,5 milh\u00f5es de arm\u00e9nios pelos turcos na d\u00e9cada de 1910 como um genoc\u00eddio. Esta hesita\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 frequentemente atribu\u00edda \u00e0 forte influ\u00eancia turca sobre os EUA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Para ler mais not\u00edcias, visite a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.org\/news\/\">Sala de Imprensa da ICC<\/a>. Para entrevistas, por favor envie um e-mail para<\/strong><strong>\u202f<a href=\"mailto:press@persecution.org\">press@persecution.org.<\/a>\u00a0Para apoiar o trabalho da ICC em todo o mundo, por favor contribua para o nosso\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.qgiv.com\/for\/internationalchristianconcern?_gl=1*39c47j*_gcl_au*OTYxMTk5MTE2LjE3NTAwODQ5MzA.*_ga*MzI3MDk1MTMzLjE3MTA5NTYxMTQ.*_ga_0FDDQ3PH5L*czE3NTMyODYzNjAkbzEyMTkkZzEkdDE3NTMyODYzNjgkajUyJGwwJGgw\">Fundo Onde Mais \u00c9 Necess\u00e1rio<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A publica\u00e7\u00e3o <a href=\"https:\/\/persecution.org\/2026\/02\/18\/armenian-catholicos-faces-criminal-charges-travel-ban\/\">Cat\u00f3lico arm\u00e9nio enfrenta acusa\u00e7\u00f5es criminais e proibi\u00e7\u00e3o de viagem<\/a> apareceu primeiro em <a href=\"https:\/\/persecution.org\">Preocupa\u00e7\u00e3o Crist\u00e3 Internacional<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/persecution.org\/2026\/02\/18\/armenian-catholicos-faces-criminal-charges-travel-ban\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/persecution.org\/2026\/02\/18\/armenian-catholicos-faces-criminal-charges-travel-ban\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armenian prosecutors have opened a criminal case against the country\u2019s highest religious figure, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II. In addition to the criminal charges, the Catholicos was also banned from travelling abroad, according to lawyer Ara Zohrabyan. The timing of the ban coincides with a major assembly of Armenian bishops scheduled to meet in [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":78420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-78421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ICC-Favicon-80px-20.png?fit=80%2C80&quality=69&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69975,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/human-rights-advocates-decry-armenian-government-crackdown-on-christian-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":78421,"position":0},"title":"Human rights advocates decry Armenian government crackdown on Christian church","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Fevereiro 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Peter Flew, a lawyer and writer, says at a congressional briefing Nov. 20, 2025, that he collected evidence and witness statements regarding government persecution of the Apostolic Church in Armenia. \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of George Goss\/Image Herder Washington, D.C. 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