Pope Francis interested in visiting Belarus in near future

1 февраля 2018

Pope Francis is interested in a visit to Belarus and hopes that this will become possible in the near future. This was announced by Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Metropolitan of Minsk and Mogilev, following the meeting of the Catholic bishops of Belarus with the pontiff.

Now the Catholic clergy are in the Vatican on a visit to the "the Threshold of the Apostles". As a rule, bishops of a particular country pay such a visit once every five years. This year, the Belarusian clergy met in this format with the Pope for the first time.

At the meeting, they also discussed the development of the Catholic Church in Belarus. Next, during their visit, the Belarusian bishops will serve a mass in four large Roman basilicas.