MINSK, 22 November (BelTA) – Natalya Eismont, press secretary for the Belarusian president, commented to journalists on the head of state’s pardon of two Catholic priests, BelTA reports.
“Indeed, on 20 November, the head of state pardoned two Catholic priests – Andrzej Juchniewicz and Henryk Okołotowicz – who were convicted of committing serious and especially serious crimes against the state, as well as other offenses. This decision was made at the request of Pope Leo XIV, with the participation of Metropolitan Józef Staniewski, as a gesture of goodwill. It was guided by the principles of mercy and humanism, taking into account the health of the convicted persons, and also in order to develop relations between the Republic of Belarus and the Holy See,” Natalya Eismont said.
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